CORRESPONDENCE. 
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The complaint was made by James Hornung', brother of 
Miss Katie Hornung, of Beery, Ill., his latest victim, whom he 
married last spring when he had ten other undivorced wives 
living in various cities of Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma 
and Texas. Miss Hornung, with an unaccountable infatuation, 
stuck to Six to the last. He is a veterinary surgeon, about 40 
years old, and fairly good looking. 
“ Let still the w oman take 
An elder than herself; so wears she to him, 
So sways she level in her husband’s heart. 
For, boys, however we do praise ourselves. 
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm. 
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won. 
Than woman’s are.” S. R, H. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
AS TO THE TREATMENT OF EVERSION OF THE UTERUS. 
Tampa, PTa., Sept. 22, 1897. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
^ In your March number I see an article by Dr. John Min- 
chin, of Goshen, N. Y., entitled “Inversion of the Uterus— 
Amputation by a Novice—Recovery.” I am first impressed 
with the belief that our Northern doctor meant “ eversion ” in¬ 
stead of “inversion,” and, further, if he had given her the fol¬ 
lowing treatment he would not have been subjected to the igno¬ 
minious defeat of a “recovery by a novice.” In the first place, 
should the everted mass have been sufficient to fill a half-bushel 
measure, and the patient absolutely unable to regain her feet, 
—provided she was prostrated, and, if the above condition was 
present, the patient most likely would be—the treatment would 
be first to sling the animal, giving while the slings were being 
prepared a strong anodyne and stimulant, without narcotic in¬ 
fluences. Then, having previously prepared a quantity of tepid 
water, thoroughly impregnated with the acme of all reliable 
antiseptics, creolin, cleanse the parts thoroughly ; force the mass 
forward into its normal position ; pour into the cavity two 
ounces tincture of opium, and, if continued straining be present, 
insert a nice clean sponge, perfectly aseptic, and take through 
the labial lips a sufficient number of deep-seated sutures to retain 
the mass. B^or the next two days irrigate with tepid creolin so¬ 
lution without disturbing the stitches. The patient will come 
out O K. 
This is my experience in a southern climate, yet the long 
