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are prescribed with keeping the parts clean. Gradually the 
general condition changes ; he loses flesh and strength. The 
animal is thrown, the tract of the fistula enlarged and the hand 
can be introduced into the inguinal canal, as far as the ring 
and into the abdomen, where a thick indurated cord is felt; it 
opens downwards into the fistula and from the inguinal ring 
runs upwards towards the right kidney. Ultimately the ani¬ 
mal dies. At the post-mortem, between two and three litres of 
sero-bloody effusions are found in the abdomen ; the peritoneum 
is inflamed and the right kidney, soft and fluctuating, forms 
a large round mass, which from its postero-superior face gives 
attachment to the indurated cord, mentioned above. This runs 
along the right of the vena cava, towards the superior inguinal 
ring, where it is adherent to the atrophied spermatic cord. The 
envelope of the kidney is thick, and its tissue degenerated ; it 
forms a large abscess, multilocular, with brownish walls, partly 
putrified, containing more than two litres of pus. The right 
ureter is normal ; the left kidney hypertrophied. The blad¬ 
der contains a little normal urine ; its walls are not altered.— 
{Bullet. Soc. Centl) 
BELGIAN REVIEW. 
Prolapsus Recti in the Dog—Contention with Peri¬ 
toneal Suture (By E. Lienaux —The recovery of prolapsus 
recti is often obtained with Andre’s suture—in some cases am¬ 
putation of the prolapsus is indicated ; but whether because of 
great difficulties in reduction or of gangrenous condition of the 
intestines, there are cases where amputation is only applicable. 
In such instances the author recommends the reduction through 
the abdomen. To this effect this cavity is entered in the left 
flank, and by simple exploration of the finger the colon is readily 
discovered: a gentle pull from backwards forward brings the 
rectum back in its position. The operation is completed by 
fixing the colon to the flank by suture. In one large dog, 
which had a prolapsus (one month standing), which had 
been treated several times by the suture of Andre, the 
author resorted to his mode of treatment: general ansesthe- 
sia, antisepsy of the left flank, incision through the abdomen, 
reduction by pulling the colon from backwards forwards, and 
then application of “ four silk stitches, half a centimeter apart, 
applied horizontally on a level with the superior extremity of 
the peritoneal incision, involving the serous and muscular coats 
