CORRESPONDENCE. 
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word of the effect of the bio- doses of quinine and acetate of 
ammonia , not a word about the hygiene and sanitation ; not a 
word about the attendant, the buckets of fresh * water, the 
regulated clothing, the selection of the food, the twenty thincrs 
that go to bring a patient back to health and strength, when 
three-fourths of the alkaloids and other so-called remedies are 
forgotten. 
I love a cheerful and good-natured liar. I can hit the 
breeze on that kind of a trail myself, but when it gets down to 
good old-fashioned fake case reporting jnst for the momentary 
tickling sensation of reading your name in print, such as A 
Case of Hydrocrania, by Doctor John McSwatt,” it has a tendency 
to make weary the muscles of the gluteal region. 
A genuine case report, failure or success,'^is of much benefit 
to the reader report of a failure of more value than the other, 
as the mistakes can be seen at a glance and benefited by, while 
the fake report has no value at all, and is more than mislead¬ 
ing to the young practitioner. 
G. E. Griffin (Vet.), New York. 
AN ORIGINAL METHOD OF REDUCING EVERSION OF THE 
UTERUS. 
. A - rr • San JOSF, Cal., Dec. 15, 1897. 
realtors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—In the November number of the Review I was 
much interested and pleased with the communication of Dr. 
N. B. Rhodes describing his method and treatment of eversion 
of the uterus. 
I wish to supplement the matter by offering what I believe 
to be an original method for the reduction and return of the 
swollen and distended mass to its natural position. It is as 
follows : After thoroughly cleansing and disinfecting with a 
gentle stream from a fountain syringe, let the womb be placed 
upon a large clean and somewhat loosely-woven linen sheet 
which should be made to envelop the entire mass by folding 
over it, taking care to keep the free edges of the sheet close 
against the vulva. Now let two careful assistants raise the 
whole matter as high as possible by the folded ends of the 
sheet, the operator helping to sustain the mass by placing his 
hands under it, and at the same time keeping the edges of the 
sheet in situation, ff'he assistants should now be directed to 
slowly twist the ends that they are holding, and the operator 
