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offer special facilities. The exploratary trocar might give iden¬ 
tical results in either affection, the foetus in each case would 
tend to float upward, would generally be alive and vigorous, 
while percussion would reveal the same dullness in one case as 
in the other. 
We find no record of hydrops amnii in the ewe, yet it is not 
impossible, as it has been recorded in the goat, though chiefly 
affecting cows. 
The ewe will, in all probability, withstand laparotomy as 
well as the cow, in which case this one means for positive diag¬ 
nosis is readily available, when if it proves to be ascites, the 
fluid can be drained away through the incision, while if hydrops 
amnii the incision can be closed, the os uteri dilated and artifi¬ 
cial delivery brought about. 
AMPUTATION OF OVARIES AND GRAVID UTERUS IN A BITCH. 
(227) Patient, well-developed Collie bitch, aet. 8 months, pro¬ 
cured by the present owner three weeks prior to presentation at 
the college clinic, was presumably non-pregnant. She had been 
fasted for 12 hours preparatory to spaying, which was under¬ 
taken by student H. by the flank method without anaesthesia. 
Difficulty was experienced in bringing up the uterus or other 
parts of the internal genitals and it was soon discovered that the 
uterus was gravid, requiring strong tension to lift the cornua up 
and out through the incision, when it was found that each 
cornu contained four foetuses, which with their envelopes 
measured 2^x4 inches each, the eight foetuses in the now 
exposed cornua representing a mass of near gallon. The 
round ligaments of the ovaries were ligated with catgut, 
another ligature being placed about the cervix uteri, the entire 
mass, ovaries, cornua, uterus, and broad ligament were removed 
and the flank incision closed by deep sutures. On the following 
day the patient looked bright, but lay quietly and refused food ; 
on the second day the general appearance was better and appetite 
fair, the animal taking some milk, and on the third she seemed 
quite well, moving about freely, had a good appetite and was 
apparently convalescent. The wound showed slight but unim- 
