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with periphymosis complicated with enormous swelling, 
offensive smell and threatening of gangrene, and was about 
to be shot by its owner. After several days of careful warm 
fomentations and tractions of the prepuce, which allowed a 
return of the penis of about lour inches, the case assuming a j 
bad aspect by the gangrenous condition of the part, the author 
decided to perform amputation, which was done under chloro¬ 
form. “ The prepuce being drawn back as far as the swelling 
would permit, an incision was made a little behind the line 
of demarcation and immediately in advance of the anterior 
extremity of the os penis. The hemorrhage was slight and 
required no styptic dressings. The prepuce was drawn well 
forward in advance of the cut end of the penis, and a silk 
suture inserted at its external orifice.” This was removed in 
the latter part of the day. For the first twenty-four hours 
the dog was quite ill and took food only after much coaxing. 
The following day he seemed considerably improved and 
continued so for a few days, when he was discharged —Ibid. 
GERMAN REVIEW. 
By W. V. Bieser, D.V.S. 
RUPTURE OF THE UTERUS. 
Small perforating wounds of the uterus occur frequently, 
especially in forcible removal of the foetus. Favoring as they 
do infectious metritis and endo-metritis, still they are not as 
a rule followed by evil consequences. More important are 
the perforating wounds which can occur, as is well known, 
either in the earlier stages of uterogestation and escape ob¬ 
servation, or, as is most frequently the case, at term. 
A perusal of the two appended cases will show the truth 
of these data. 
Case I.—On March 27, 1890, Von G. saw a cow without 
any signs of labor pains whose liquor amnii had drained off. 
The cow was standing shaking her tail and constantly looking 
toward her flanks. 
Manual examination per vaginam showed the cervix widel} r 
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