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but became much worse in the evening, and the owner was 
advised to have her destroyed. She died about u P. M. that 
night. An autopsy made about io a. m. on the 18th revealed 
the following alterations: Vessels of the brain were engorged, 
especially those of the pia-mater, and a colorless fluid was 
spread over the latter. 
The lateral ventricles contained an abnormal quantity of 
a serous fluid, but the third and fourth ventricles seemed 
normal. 
A deposit of miliary tubercles was found over the pia- 
mater and also along.the course of the larger arteries; the 
largest tubercle was at the base of the brain; it was about the 
size of a bean and slightly caseous. The spinal cord was not 
examined. 
On opening the thoracic cavity the bronchial and medias 
tinal glands were found to be enlarged, hard and cheesy ; 
the left lung was full of abscesses of various sizes, the largest 
being as large as a cocoanut and filled with a cheesy, puru¬ 
lent mass. The right lung contained several tubercles about 
the size of a pigeon’s egg, but no abscesses were found. 
The peritoneum was also covered with miliary tubercles 
throughout its extent. All the other organs were normal, 
with the exception of a cystic kidney, and the uterus, which 
was of necessity slightly congested. 
OBSTETRIC CASES. 
By Dr. C. H. Peaeody, Providence, R. I. 
As we see so much about rabies, tuberculosis, graduates 
and non-graduates, I thought a report of two or three prac¬ 
tical cases might be of some interest to your readers. 
On Sept. 22d, about 6 o’clock P. M., I was called to see a 
silver terrier bitch that was trying to whelp, and had expelled 
one dead pup at about 3 o’clock that P. M., and had been 
straining quite hard ever since. 
On examination I found a breach presentation, also that 
the posterior part of the croupe could just be reached with 
the middle finger. I at once applied the forceps which I 
