EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
345 
of the cavity with sublimate injections was the treatment pre¬ 
scribed, and followed by apparent recovery after about four weeks. 
This was, however, only temporary, as after about the same 
length of time, all the symptoms returned, but less severe than 
before. The abscess had e\ddently refilled. This attack was re¬ 
lieved after a few days and the animal remained well for over 
three months, when he was again laid up, always for lameness of 
the right leg. This time no indication of rectal trouble could 
be discovered, the abscess of the rectum was all closed, but on the 
external face of the shank there was a big swelling, which in¬ 
creased daily and ultimately fluctuated. The abscess was opened, 
treated antiseptically and the patient was at last radically cured. 
Prolapsus Uteri and its Treatment.—A New Appar¬ 
atus. —Everyone knows how this diseased condition of onr 
domestic females are troublesome and how severe the prognosis 
sometimes becomes by the difflcnlties that are present in the 
manipulations of reduction. When it is considered that mor¬ 
talities of 68 per cent, in mares and 35 per cent, in cows are 
recorded, it is not surprising that the working practitioner is 
searching means which will give him better and more easily 
obtained results than those commonly in use, advantageous and 
successful as they have proved in some instances. It is to that 
effect that Mr. E. P. Gobbels has invented a new apparatus, very 
simple, and which at first reading seems to answer all cases. It 
consists in two bags of rubber or impermeable structure, placed 
one inside of the other, most tightly united together at their free 
border. They must be of sufficient dimensions to permit the re¬ 
ception of the protruding mass. The outside bag is made of 
thick, nnelastic tissue and carries a little facet at its bottom. 
The inside bag is made of thin and yielding structure, slightly 
elastic, to stretch somewhat under the pressure applied upon it. 
This double bag is closed by a running string passed round its 
open month ; on the circumference of this month are rings to 
carry ropes to hold the instrument when in place. The facet at 
the bottom of the outside bag is connected with rubber bellows 
(elastic bellows of an atomizer or an apparatus of Richardson). 
The use of the instrument is simple. The protruding organ is 
placed in the cavity of the inside bag, and the running string 
gently tied keeps the instrument steady ; while with ropes start¬ 
ing from the rings of the circumference of the bag and passing 
on the flank, between the hind legs, over the back, to a surcingle 
or collar, it is kept in position. Then by filling the space be¬ 
tween the bags, with air, (using the rubber bellows) or with 
