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small tubercles, in the grey or early stage of development, also 
some in a similar stage on the parietal peritoneum. 
In the greater part of the whole of the tissue of the lungs, 
were numerous tubercular nodules, varying in size from that 
or a marble to a walnut. These were in the caseous stage. 
There were no adhesions or tubercular nodules on either the 
visceral or parietal pleura. 
And there was a tumor about as large as a duck’s egg near 
the distal end of the fleshy portion of the gastrocnemii muscles 
—situated in the areolar tissue between the muscles—the mus¬ 
cular tissue itself was not involved. This was evidently tuber¬ 
cular—a greatly enlarged lymphatic gland. 
Finding all these different conditions in one animal was 
certainly unusual and worth recording. 
TORSION OF THE UTERUS. 
By W. Iy. West, V. S., Belfast, Me. 
April ioth, while attending the quarterly meeting of the 
Maine Veterinary Medical Association, I was called home by 
telephone to see a parturition case. 
Found a three-year-old cow which had been in labor eight 
hours, without making any progress. Upon making an exam¬ 
ination found the uterus twisted to the right, with the os di¬ 
lated enough so that by following the direction of the curves the 
hand could be introduced into the uterus and the foetus exam¬ 
ined, which was found to be in the vertebro-sacral position and 
correct anterior presentation. Gave the owner a very guarded 
prognosis and had about decided to perform a laparotomy and 
proceed as Dr. McCrank did, when it occurred tome that, while 
in college one of our professors told us that if the arm could be 
introduced into the uterus and the foetus grasped firmly, by hav¬ 
ing the cow rolled the opposite way the torsion might be re¬ 
lapsed or entirely reduced. 
I must confess that this seemed to me at the time like a fairv 
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tale, but as in any event it could do no harm and might be pro¬ 
ductive of some good, resolved to give it a trial. I put side lines 
on the cow and crossed the ropes over the back and drew the 
feet up snug to the abdomen and secured them there. Intro¬ 
duced the hand into the uterus and secured a good hold of the 
foetus by getting the forefinger and thumb into the eyes and other 
finger in the mouth ; had attendants roll the cow to the left, and 
was agreeably surprised and disappointed to find the torsion 
completely reduced when the cow had been completely turned. 
