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REPORTS OF CASES. 
eggs three hours after operation and next day appetite good. 
Pup alive and nursing, but was killed by accident when four 
days old. 
This animal made a complete recovery, and showed through¬ 
out less disturbance than I have frequently witnessed following 
ovariotomy. 
Case No, 4 .—French poodle bitch. In labor three days, 
during which time three pups were delivered. Found animal 
very weak, temperature 105. Fabor pains weak, succeeded by 
hard work in extracting one more pup badly decomposed. As 
no more were likely to be secured from appearances, informed 
owner that possibly might save bitch by operation as last resort. 
He consented, and I proceeded as in fox terrier and obtained 
eight more dead and partly decomposed young. Bitch very weak 
and threatened collapse after finishing operation ; placed her in 
warm room and gave small repeated doses of brandy and milk; 
she seemed to gain slowly until about 48 hours after operation, 
then failed rapidly and died on the third day. Autopsy showed 
very slight peritonitis, but marked inflammation of the womb. 
The incisions in the womb had become fastened quite tightly 
together with lymph bands, making an almost perfect closure. 
Case No. f.—I wish to describe here an accident which oc¬ 
curred during an operation upon a ridgling boar. I have fre¬ 
quently performed this operation, almost always with success, 
on boars of ages varying from a few months to three years. 
The method used is, in short, to secure completely on an inclined 
plane, the head placed downward. Incision is made as in the 
operation described on the sow. The testicle, or sometimes 
both, has no certain location, varying from the lumbar region 
to the internal inguinal ring. Generally, however, it is found 
well down toward the internal ring. 
The accident which I wish to describe consisted of a trans¬ 
verse tear in the small intestines, severing the gut quite one- 
half its circumference. It was caused by using too great force 
in attempting to return the intestines through the opening in 
the abdomin-al wall, through which they had been forced by 
the violent struggles of the animal. I informed the owner, who 
was present, that most likely the accident would prove fatal, 
but repaired the injury to the gut by turning the torn edges in¬ 
ward and suturing with silk thread and continuous suture, 
going only through the peritoneal coating of the bowel. Upon 
inquiry several weeks later, was not a little pleased and sur¬ 
prised to learn that the pig never showed the least inconveni- 
