EXTRACTS FROM FRENCH JOURNALS. 
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that a diagnosis was made of probable fracture of the pelvis 
and, with the hope of having her delivered of a valuable litter, 
she was made as comfortable as her condition allowed and 
watched. Four days after she was delivered of a dead pup in a 
state of putrefaction; but she had still another in her womb 
which could not be removed. It was then that the Caesarean 
operation was decided upon, and it is described as follows by 
the author: 
“After a careful washing of the uterus, and emptying the 
rectum with several injections, the bitch was laid on her back, 
the inferior wall of the abdomen washed, shaved and well disin¬ 
fected. One cubic centimeter of a 1% solution of cocaine was 
injected on the median line, and an incision made; dividing the 
s kin and the aponeurotic plane of the abdomen, on the linea 
alba, from the umbilicus to about one inch in front of the pubis- 
With a pointed bistoury the peritoneum was punctured and di¬ 
vided with a canulated probe used as a director. The edges 
of the wound were secured with the jaws of a strong pair of 
forceps, which reversed them outwards, and they were covered 
with a light layer of cotton, moist with a tepid mixture of 
Van Swieten solution. The abdominal cavity was explored, the 
right horn found, containing a large emphysematous, putrefying 
foetus. This, with the placental remains were extracted through 
an incision made through the walls of the horn, avoiding the 
blood vessels and keeping the edges of the wound well apart 
with the forceps, and protecting them also with cotton and Van 
Swieten solution. The uterine cavity and that of the horn were 
disinfected, and the wound closed with the Jobert suture. The 
peritoneum closed with two loose sutures, the wound in the ab¬ 
dominal wall was closed with a deep suture involving the 
muscles, and a superficial one holding the skin. A dressing of 
iodoform collodion was spread over the wound and an antisep¬ 
tic dressing applied all over.” 
The animal did well, and with scarcely any complication, 
and in eight days after the operation was returned to her owner. 
— Rec. de Med. Vet. 
