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in a 10% carbolic or 30% creoline or lysol solution, into the 
cavity of the wound, and carried to its fundus. The removal of 
this dressing is facilitated by tying a string to it, and permitting 
the same to protrude from the lips of the vulva. 
A tear or rent in the cervical walls is to be well cleansed of 
all shreds by the use of the finger-nail, or suitable instrument 
the sharp spoon being suitable for this purpose—and a disinfect¬ 
ant applied on a tent of cotton. Renewal of the dressing in the 
hollow should, at first, take place more than twice daily, and 
must be kept up until the temperature returns to normal. After 
the second or third day A. uses an emulsion of iodoform and 
glycerine on the tampon of cotton. If the wound is easily ac¬ 
cessible an atomizer may be used advantageously in the dispei- 
sion of iodoform oil 1.10, or lysol, glycerine 1.10. 
The tent in the wounded cervix may be kept in place by fill¬ 
ing the calibre of the cervix with oakum, this holding the tent in 
continuous contact with the wound ; this procedure may induce 
labor pains, but they are ephemeral. Previous to each local ap¬ 
plication it is advisable to irrigate with warm infusions.— Wock. 
f. Th. u. Viehz. No. 16. 
REMARKABLE FOREIGN BODY IN THE DOG. 
Veterinarian Reichenback reports in the “Schweiz. Archiv. 
Bd. 35,” the case of a St. Bernard dog that swallowed a piece of 
wood twenty.eight inches long and one-half inch in diameter. 
The anterior end was located directly anterior to the aperture 
thoracis, and had moreover about its middle a brass band or 
ring. The animal was valued at 600 francs. 
Previous to the operation the animal was anesthetized and 
then a longitudinal incision made in the esophagus ; consider¬ 
able hemorrhage did not take place, and by means of a pair of 
stout artery forceps the object was withdrawn. The lattei, 
when placed horizontally, reached from the external wound to 
the base of the caudal appendage. 
R. closed the wound, and placed a bandage upon the same, 
