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OBITUARY. 
its extraction, not less than fifty quarts of fluid escaped from 
the dropsical foetal mass. 
A young cow in her second pregnancy, due to calve 
twenty-eight days before, was observed to be unwell, and 
soon to exhibit expulsive efforts. Examination made by a 
practitioner revealed a posterior presentation and so peculiar 
a condition of the calf that he thought it best to recommend 
the transfer of the animal to the hands of the butcher. Mr. 
Lamoureux being called in counsel, found the cow in sterno 
costal decubituo, with a posterior presentation, lumbo pubic 
position, with the vaginal walls and the os extensively tumefied. 
Part of the hind legs having been pulled away, the hand be¬ 
ing introduced into the vagina found the torn skin and 
muscles, and in front an cedematous cylindroid mass, covered 
by the skin, and without any palpable external projections. 
The enormous size of the infiltrated hind legs, filled with pale 
serosity, the cedematous feeling of the parts, with the length 
of the pregnancy, all suggested the diagnosis of anasarca. 
Embryotomy was then resorted to, and piece by piece, the 
foetus was divided and secured, or torn from the cavity. The 
muscles being filled with serosity seemed macerated in it. 
The abdominal organs were removed and scarifications were 
made through the fleshy parts, in order to allow the escape of 
a large quantity of fluid. The ribs were successively torn 
away, the vertebras dissected and extracted, and when the 
head was removed, it was only after several scarifications had 
been made through its thickness. The entire operation occu¬ 
pied four hours. The subsequent treatment consisted in hy¬ 
gienic measures, hot sachets on the loins and chlorinated 
mucilaginous injections. Recovery took place in eight days. 
— Rec. Med. Vet. 
OBITUARY. 
W. R. JENKINS. 
It is with much regret that we announce to our friends the 
death of Mr. W. R. Jenkins, on the 16th June, after a long 
sickness. He had been attacked with a severe form of grippe, 
