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up on each side, and firmly secured over the dorsal region. 
A hole was cut in the bandage to admit the tail, and 
also to allow of the evacuation of the bowels. The patient 
assumed under the confined position the greatest composure. 
I saw the animal twice during the two following days, 
when all was going on well. The bowels were responding 
to the action of the medicine, and. there being no signs of 
re-inversion of the vagina, or of much systemic disturbance, 
the bandage v r as removed. Tinct. Arnica Montana dilut. was 
left as an injection. The parts healed with rapidity. 
In due course the young pigs were taken from her and 
weaned, but she never showed signs of oestrum, and conse¬ 
quently was fatted and slaughtered about eighteen months 
afterwards. 
Pigs are generally considered very awkward animals to 
have anything to do with, especially when the administration 
of medicine is necessary. As fluids are always preferred for 
the purpose, I have found the exhibition of them most easily 
performed as follows :— 
If the animal is a small one, let a person raise him by 
means of the ears, to the extent of six inches from the 
ground, holding the shoulders between his legs. If he is too 
heavy for this, then secure him by the snout with a strong 
cord having a slip knot, and draw him up to a strong post. 
The medicine, being accessible, should be placed into the 
mouth with an iron spoon, such as is used for culinary pur¬ 
poses, raising the head slightly at the time with the cord in 
the left hand, the operator standing on the right side of the 
beast. He will thus swallow each spoonful almost as fast as 
it is given. I find the operation sufficiently expeditious 
without giving too much, that is, more than two spoonfuls 
at once. Holding the head too high, and giving medicines 
in large quantities and too quickly, especially when the 
animal is screaming and resisting all efforts, are fertile 
sources of choking. 
Attention to these simple facts has been the means of 
saving the pig of many a poor cottager, whose thanks and 
gratitude for the recovery of his “ live stock 39 have been 
testified in a hundred ways, far more tangible than actual 
payment. 
LACERATION OF THE RECTUM AND VAGINA OF A MARE, 
AT THE TIME OF PARTURITION. 
A valuable bay cart-mare, upwards of sixteen hands high, 
six years old, had given birth, during the night of the 11th, 
