EXTRACTS FROM ENGLISH PAPERS 
149 
UTERINE FIBROID WITH EVERSION OF THE UTERUS. 
By J. Hughes. 
The author was called to a cow which, it was said, was 
straining persistently and heavily. At his arrival he found 
the uterus completely everted, with the placenta still attached 
to it. On removing this, an enormous tumor was found at¬ 
tached to it and growing from the uterine wall, a little dis¬ 
tance from the cervix, and, as it size precluded the possibility 
of successful reduction of the uterus, it was decided to excise 
it. This was done, after chloroforming the animal, by ampu¬ 
tation with an ordinary scalpel, and antiseptic solution ap¬ 
plied to the uterus, which was then returned. The after- 
treatment was simple, and the animal made a good recovery. 
The tumor weighed sixteen pounds, macroscopically and mi¬ 
croscopically showed the characters of a fibroma. Strange 
to say its presence did not interfere with the birth of the 
foetus.— Ibid. 
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF AN OPEN JOINT. 
By Joseph Abson, F.R C.V.S. 
The subject was a three-year-old filly, which, having run 
away, had been secured after upsetting and breaking the 
wagon to which she was attached. She was taken home ap¬ 
parently well. The next day she was a little lame on the off 
hind leg; she had a small wound on the hock; the joint was 
open ; there was a well-made round hole on the inner aspect, 
well to the front of the joint, nearly to the bottom of the cap- 
sula ; the articular cartilage of the astragalus was plainly vis¬ 
ible ; but little synovia appeared to have escaped. Progno¬ 
sis, unfavorable ; perfect rest, and dusting of iodoform on the 
wound three times a day were recommended. 
On the following day but very little worse. As she is 
ticklish from the accident slings are dispensed with, and same 
treatment of rest, and iodoform directed, the mare being kept 
tied up. After three weeks the opening had gradually closed, 
the discharge ceased, and the lameness subsided. A couple 
of good blisters completed the treatment, to remove a slight 
bony deposit which had remained.— Ibid. 
