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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
less, but interfered with the motion of the animal. It was 
supposed to have originated in a seton which had been ap¬ 
plied two years previously. The animal was destroyed. At 
the post-mortem examination extensive periostitis of the ster¬ 
num was discovered, the tumor involving the two posterior 
thirds of the cartilage. It was formed of lardaceous tissue, 
mixed deeply with ossified spots. The inflammation of the 
bony structure had extended to the pericardium, as shown 
by a thick, false membrane covering its surface.— L. Ercolanu 
GERMAN EXTRACTS. 
Translated by Richard Middleton, D.Y.S. 
REPLACEMENT OF PROLAPSED UTERUS. 
Many times in my career as a novice have I had great dif 
ficulty in replacing an inverted uterus, and still more in re¬ 
taining it within the body after once adjusting it in the physi¬ 
ological position. The purchase of bandages for the replace¬ 
ment pre-supposes considerable outlay. Hypodermic injec¬ 
tion of morphine has proved with me more practicable and 
cheaper. 
As soon as I am called to a case of prolapsus uteri, 1 im¬ 
mediately inject the following solution: 
Morphin. Sulph., gr. viii, 
Aquas Distill., 3 ij. 
M. ' ' 
If the organ has not been cleansed I order the same to be 
done with a tepid carbolic solution ; this removes all foreign 
and infectious bodies, and at the same time stimulates circu¬ 
lation. 
The uterus is now placed upon a clean cloth and sup¬ 
ported by assistants ; in this position it is retropelled by plac¬ 
ing the closed hand upon the lundus and pressing forward. 
Should this prove a slow method, the mucous membrane, and j 
to a small extent the submucous tissue, is scarified. When j 
the organ is once within the body and in its normal position, ■ 
some one should retain it there until it assumes the tempera- 
