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fore legs of the foetus appeared through the vulva, but the 
head remained invisible. Introducing the hand, the operator 
could feel a round, hard mass, formed by the neck, bent back¬ 
ward, and a little further the ears and the cranium could be 
touched. The nose could be seized by pushing back the 
foetus, but the head could not be placed in good position, 
though the foetus seemed to be small, and there was plenty of 
room for its passage. There was evidently a pathological 
deviation of the cervical vertebrae. The neck was secured 
with a cord, and strong traction being applied, one of the ver¬ 
tebrae was fractured and the foetus readily extracted. The 
operation was through in about fifteen minutes. While the 
author was cleaning his hands he was hurriedly called back 
to the animal, which, by violent efforts had caused a prolapsus 
of the uterus. It was returned in place immediately, but the 
contractions returned more powerfully, and it seemed an im¬ 
possibility to keep the organ in place, though the surgeon 
with his whole arm in the vagina and assisted by a man press¬ 
ing against his shoulder, tried to resist the exit of the organ. 
The mare being prevented from lying down, the uterus was 
then plugged and packed with a large quantity of wet rags. 
This condition lasted for nearly an hour and a half, after which 
the contractions diminished gradually, and finally ceased. 
The removal of the rags was then effected, and after a few 
hours the os uteri began to contract, and the uterus was soon 
closely cleaned out. Though the author expected a fatal 
metritis as the result, the mare, a few hours after, was entirely 
well and eating. Since then she has again been delivered, 
without accident.— Wochenschrift fur Tkeirheilkunde. 
TORSION OF THE UTERUS IN THE COW. 
By the Same. 
The author believes that in cases of this nature, it is useless 
to lose time in studying the direction of the torsion, and con¬ 
sidering whether the animal is to be rolled to the right or to 
to the left. He prefers the method of Goring, described by 
Franck: “The torsion being seldom sufficiently considerable 
to prevent the feeling of the envelopes, at least with one fin¬ 
ger, they can be immediately emptied of their contents. This 
