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Some foui months after a small slough of bone was removed 
from an abscess which had formed at the seat of the injury_ 
Ibid. 
COMPOUND COMMINUTED FRACTURE IN A BITCH—AMPUTATION 
—RECOVERY. 
By the Same. 
A fox terrier bitch three years old, of great value, while at¬ 
tempting to bite a horse, received a kick which sent her under 
the wheel of a heavy cart, which passed over her right fore 
Paw. There was a fracture of the radius and cubitus a little 
above the knee, and amputation was decided upon. The 
whole leg was thoroughly washed with bichloride solution, 
(i to 1000), a ligature was placed on the lower extremity of 
the foie leg, to hold it in proper position, and a circular incis¬ 
ion made about the middle of the fore arm, and the skin dis¬ 
sected, in order to preserve sufficient material for a lap 
covering the stump of the leg. The muscles were divided, 
the bones of the fore arm sawed off, the skin brought over the 
lower parts of the leg and a thorough antiseptic dressing ap¬ 
plied, to be left in place until the fifth day. When it was re¬ 
moved it exposed a wound in full process of cicatrization, and 
three weeks later the wound was entirely healed. She has since 
then become the happy mother of a litter of seven pups, per¬ 
fect in health and condition, and mother and children are do¬ 
ing as well as can be expected.— Ibid. 
QUINTUPLE PREGNANCY. 
By J. Laithwood, F.R.C.V.S. 
On the 3d of May I was called to attend a well bred 
shorthorn cow in labor, but arrived at the scene of action 
J too late to be of assistance to the mother. The cow had 
i eaten a quantity of cabbage, which had caused tympanitis. A 
1 post-mortem inspection revealed five well grown calves, four 
bulls, and one cow, all well nourished, and lacking about 
three weeks of their proper time of birth. The calves all 
looked like living, if they had had the chance.— Veterinary 
Journal. 
