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We prefer to remove subcutaneously the more exposed leg 
and shoulder, remove one or two of the ribs thereby exposed, 
eviscerate, and then apply moderate traction, or correct the devi¬ 
ation as we may elect. 
In this mutilated form the remains of foal pass out readily 
with head bent back, since in this lessened volume the resist¬ 
ance is no greater at any one point than if the presentation were 
normal and foetus entire. Oh the other hand if we desire to rec¬ 
tify the position, the foetal remnant is so limp and flexible that 
mutations are easy. 
With such a plan, our results have been highly satisfactory. 
The case suggests, too, how easy perforations of the uterus 
may occur which we can not discover, intra vitam , and indicates 
that in cases of metritis, even with retained placenta, we should 
still search carefully for wounds of small size, especially on the 
genital floor. 
CHRONIC METRITIS IN MARE—RECOVERY. 
(1659) Patient a common bred bay mare, aged fifteen years 
presented March 10, 1899, owing to an abundant, dirty white, 
thick discharge from the vulva, which soiled the tail, thighs and 
perineum. The discharge had existed for some weeks. The 
mare had bred two or three years before, but since that had 
failed of impregnation. The uterine cavity contained about 
two gallons of pus, the walls were thick, soft and inert. 
The pus was evacuated, the cavity irrigated with water, and 
then with 1-2000 corrosive sublimate solution. 
March 12. Uterus filled as before, emptied and dressed in 
same manner. 
March 16. No improvement, changed treatment to 2 per 
cent, creolin, and packed uterus with cheese cloth (about ten 
yards) wrung from creolin solution. 
March 19. Much improved, cheese cloth still in situ , and 
yielding abundant creolin odor, pus scarcely perceptible. 
March 23. Patient had expelled packing on previous day. 
Uterus empty, the walls more nearly normal, the surfaces almost 
in contact. No pus. Treatment repeated. 
