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the bowels were moving freely, and the appetite had im¬ 
proved, as she began to partake sparingly of her food. The 
next day I was again sent for, and found my patient much 
worse, and that night she died. 
On post mortem examination the side of the heart pre¬ 
sented an abcess about the size of a pint measure, filled with 
pus, and containing in its center a piece of wire six inches 
long and about as thick as an ordinary rib of an umbrella, 
bent for three quarters of an inch at a right angle. Its course 
could be traced by a black streak it had left, through the 
tissues along side of the oesophagus, through the diaphragm 
and coats of the stomach. 
The peculiarity of the case is as to how it was possible 
for the wire to take the course it did with one end bent as 
described.' / 
DYSTOIvIA DUE TO UTERINE HERNIA. 
By the Same. 
April ioth I was called to see a cow, the property of Mr. 
Joseph Jones, and found the animal in labor. Upon the right 
side was seen a large hernia, which, upon vaginal examina¬ 
tion, the foetus in utero was found to have gravitated in that 
direction, and hence the diagnosis was made of a hysterocele, 
or uterine hernia. 
Upon external manipulation it was found to be unreduc- 
ible, owing to the smallness of the opening through the 
abdominal muscles, which was about three inches in diameter. 
The operation of gastro-hysterotomy was then decided upon ; 
the animal received an ounce of chloral hydrate, and was cast 
on the left side. A vertical incision, about eight inches long, 
was then made through the skin and coats of the uterus, and 
the foetus removed, which, though small, was perfect. After 
the removal of the foetal membranes, the two edges of the 
uterus were sewed together and replaced into the abdominal 
cavity, after which the external opening was closed with 
sutures and dressed in the usual manner. 
The animal made a good recovery and continued to milk 
for about a year and a half, at which time she was sold for 
beef. 
