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was again put to the dog on the 13th of December, and was due 
on the 14th of February of this year. She showed no signs of 
pregnancy, and it was not until the 26th of February that death 
took place (just twelve days after she was due to pnp). 
Upon turning the bitch over to examine the external parts of 
the body, I perceived a most offensive smell, which, upon closer 
examination, I found emanated from a fluid of a greenish-yellow 
color issuing from the vagina. Upon further inquiry, I was in¬ 
formed she had discharged a fluid similar in character (per vagina) 
for six months or more. 
Post mortem appearances were as follows : 
The Lungs , right and left, were very pale, anaemic, and ex¬ 
tremely emphysematous; there being dilation and rupture of the 
air-cells throughout their entire structure. 
The Heart .—The pericardial sac contained an abnormal quan¬ 
tity of straw-colored fluid; the heart itself presented no abnormal 
feature beyond the right cardiac verticle being somewhat distended 
with blood of a dark, tarry consistence. 
The Liver was darker and more friable than normal; whilst 
the gall-bladder was empty. 
The Stomach was inflated with gas, and contained some for¬ 
eign substances such as straw, pieces of wood, etc.; the intestinal 
canal presented inflammatory patches or ecchymoses throughout 
its whole course, the mucous membrane peeling off readily to the 
touch, so as in some parts to be entirely nude. 
The Bladder was distended with urine, and appeared healthy. 
The uterus and left Fallopian tube were the seats of extensive mor¬ 
bid changes. The uterus was very much distended, and upon lay¬ 
ing it open, a great quantity of purulent matter made its escape. 
The mucous membrane was flabby, pale and thickened, and had 
numerous short hairs of a fawn color firmly embedded in its sub¬ 
stance. The Fallopian tube was very much elongated and dis¬ 
tended in its centre, resembling somewhat in shape the horse’s 
stomach. Upon opening this distended portion, another quantity 
of purulent fluid made its escape along with several bones, all 
completely ossified, and partially covered with hair of a fawn color. 
There were six bones in all, four of them being cranial, one 
