174 PARTURITION IN A BITCH HiNDERED BY VAGINAL POLYPUS. 
I should state that all this was done without the knowledge 
of Mr. German ; or any of his other servants or household. 
Shortly after the pigs had taken the wash they were 
noticed to be ill, appearing very languid and sleepy; would 
not eat or drink, tried to vomit, but without effect, and con¬ 
tinually passed small portions of feces; there were also small 
flows of urine, accompanied with straining. The waggoner, 
on hearing that the pigs were ill, at once thought of his fox¬ 
glove decoction, and, finding that it was gone, honestly 
explained the cause of the animals’ illness. When I saw them 
(about twelve hours after they had taken the digitalis) I found 
one pig dead, and another dying; the other three were lying 
asleep and snoring heavily. These I immediately had 
aroused, and gave to each an oleaginous aperient, and kept 
them moving about, to remove as much as possible the 
sleepiness, and to give the medicine a better chance of acting. 
They remained in pretty much the same state for the next 
two days, passing feces of a yellow colour, straining and 
voiding small quantities of urine, were very languid, and 
refused all food or water. On the third day they ate two or 
three potatoes, and gradually, but very slowly, regained their 
appetites and recovered. For more than a week, however, they 
appeared to suffer from the sedative effect of the agent, 
which was shown by their languid and sleepy condition. 
On making a post-mortem examination of the two that 
died, I found acute inflammation of the mucous coat of the 
small intestines and stomach to be present. These viscera 
also contained a quantity of thin ingesta of a yellow colour. 
The kidneys were slightly congested, the bladder empty; the 
remaining viscera healthy. 
The brain was not examined. 
PARTURITION IN A BITCH, HINDERED BY 
VAGINAL POLYPUS. 
By Jas. Watson, M.R.C.V.S., Dougl as, Lanarkshire, N.B. 
About the middle of January last I was called to a collie 
bitch, which the “ farmer’s lad ” said was going to pup but 
couldna’ for the c pup-bed 3 coming out.” I learned that the 
bitch had been in labour since the previous day; that the 
farmer had frequently returned what he was pleased to call 
the “pup-bed;” that his so doing seemed to cause the ani- 
