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Hepatic abscess was suspected. However, the wound was 
probed, but the cavity being too deep for the bottom to be 
reached, it was freely opened and exploration made with the 
finger. This came in contact with a sharp piece of wood, which 
was extracted and proved to be a skewer, 6 ]/ 2 inches long, made 
of American oak. Swallowed in a piece of meat, it had made 
its way out through the stomach, liver and diaphragm. The 
dog recovered. 
Swallowing a Stick. —The above case reminds Mr. J. 
Blakeway of one somewhat similar. A seven months’ St. Ber¬ 
nard pup was brought to him ; he eats nothing and for over a 
week is starving to death ; he is lame on the near fore leg, had 
a swelling in one of the intercostal spaces on the near side and 
also about half way down the neck in the course of the oesopha¬ 
gus. CEsophagotomy was performed and a portion of a candle 
rod (used in the manufacture of tallow candles) was extracted. 
It measured one foot and half an inch in length, and barely 
as thick as an ordinary candle. There was no further trouble, 
except the formation of an abscess at the intercostal space, which 
was lanced and soon disappeared. The owner ascertained that 
his children used the candle rod to trundle their hoops ; the 
dog was very playful, he jumped up at one of them with his 
mouth open, the child gave the stick a push, and it disappeared 
down the dog’s throat.—( Veterin . Journal.) 
Ovaro-Hysterectomy in a Dog [By G. H. Golding , M. 
R. C. V. S .].—Another success of antisepsy in abdominal sur¬ 
gery. Irish terrier bitch is pregnant and her owner wishes her 
to be destroyed, as it is the third time she is in that condition ; 
but as she is a favorite pet, he consents to have her operated 
upon. The operation was done under as strict antiseptic meas¬ 
ures as possible, and after due preparation carried out as fol¬ 
lows : I first inserted a blunt probe into the vagina as far as 
the os uteri. I then made a longitudinal incision through the 
skin about two inches long, close to the median line, about an 
inch and a half in front of the pubis, then through the abdom¬ 
inal muscles with director, carefully stopping all bleeding. I 
then introduced the fore finger of my right hand into the abdo¬ 
men to feel for the probe. Having secured it, I followed up each 
horn until the ovary was brought in view. I ligated above and 
below each ovary with silkworm gut before removing. I then 
placed two ligatures of silkworm gut around the body of the 
uterus, one at the junction of the liorus and one just below, and 
cut between them. After removing the uterus and returning 
