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REPORTS OF CASES. 
called after taking 9 tablets. I had to destroy her with aconitine, 
morphine seeming useless. 
LAPAROTOMY IN THE BITCH, WITH OVARIECTOMY AND RE¬ 
MOVAL OF THE PREGNANT UTERUS, CONJOINED WITH 
TEARING LOOSE OF THE LEFT KIDNEY 
THROUGH ACCIDENT — RECOVERY. 
By C. H. Jewell, D.V.M., Dunkirk, N. Y. 
In November, 1900, I was called upon to perform ovariectomy 
upon a young spaniel bitch, about eight months old. I saw the 
animal was pregnant, and asked the owner how far along she 
was, and he stated about four weeks. Thinking I could easily 
operate if no farther in gestation, I proceeded with the operation. 
Upon entering the abdominal cavity I saw the animal was at 
least seven weeks along, but I proceeded with the operation at the 
request of the owner. In withdrawing the pregnant cornu 
I tore loose the left kidney, which I proceeded to bring to the 
exterior with the pregnant horn ; removed the ovary, and 
brought the other cornu to view, and tore loose the gland. 
Then emasculated the entire uterus with my fingers and sutured 
the wound. The animal was very weak following the opera¬ 
tion, and had considerable haemorrhage. The next day ap¬ 
peared quite smart and made a complete recovery. The opera¬ 
tion convinced me that laparotomy in the bitch can be easily 
performed, and removing of one kidney in the dog is without 
serious sequelae. 
LOSS OF PORTION OF THE TONGUE IN THE HORSE BY ACCIDENT 
—NO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. 
By C. H. Jewell, D.V.M., Dunkirk, N. Y. 
In August, 1900, I was called to see a gelding, about r4 
years old, which the owner said had lost a portion of his tongue 
by some accident which he could not explain, since the portion 
was never found. The animal was away from home at time, 
and accident was not noticed until reaching home. The owner 
was greatly alarmed, thinking the animal must be killed, but I 
informed him he would get along just as well without the lost 
portion as he did before. The part torn away was anterior to 
the frsenum linguae, consisting of fully four inches. I advised 
as treatment feeding gruels, followed by cleansing of the mouth 
and then washing with creolin solution, 3 per cent.. The 
animal got very thin in flesh, but made a good recovery, and 
