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REPORTS OF CASES. 
The second dog was operated on in the same manner, the 
bowel united by the parallel method. This dog to all appear¬ 
ances made a good recovery. 
The third dog I operated upon myself, removed about 6 
inches of the bowel and united it by the end to end method. This 
dog to all outward appearances made a good recovery. One 
month after the operation the dog was destroyed, and the por¬ 
tion of bowel operated on removed. When severing the bowel 1 
found that it was full of string and rubber bands which had be¬ 
come attached to the mucous coat at the point of union, these the 
dog must have eaten before being operated on. 
A MONSTROSITY. 
By A. D. Hubbell, M.D.C., Los Angeles, Cal. 
The sire of this colt is a standard bred trotter and also the 
dam. The colt was entered in all of the Pacific stakes, but as 
we could not put on any front legs she was withdrawn. She 
had no signs of a scapula on either side, and the sternum back 
as far as the navel was open, so you could see all of the organs 
working. She lived for five hours and then the owner destroyed 
her. 
