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till evening, when he began to manifest severe pain, and died 
about ten o’clock. 
Post-mortem was held the next morning. Incision was made 
on the median line, and the symphysis cut through. When fhis 
was done, the amputated end of the rectum was found to be free 
to move in the pelvic cavity. 
The stitches did not hold. Very little liquid fecal matter 
was found in the intestinal tract, but quite a large number of 
parasites (lumbricoids) were found in the small intestines. In 
one place they were coiled together, nearly tilling the caliber of 
the gut. These were no doubt the exciting cause of the above 
condition. All the other organs were healthy. 
PUERPERAL ECLAMPSIA. 
By the Same. 
Sunday morning, April 29th, a call was left at the hospital to 
call to see a skye terrier bitch which had given birth to two pups 
the night before. As she was young and this was her first litter, 
the owner was quite anxious about her. Upon examination, it 
was found that she had prolapsus of the uterus, which was washed 
and replaced, and tr. opii., gtts. viii., pot. bromide, grs. vi., was 
given in solution. Then left with directions to repeat the dose 
of pot. bromide every two hours till relieved of pain. Tuesday 
morning, May 1st, the owner brought her to the hospital for 
treatment. She had been having convulsions one after another, 
and they were afraid that she would bite some one. When re¬ 
ceived she lay quietly wrapped in a shawl, with her eyes closed 
and seemingly exhausted. There was a slight discharge of a 
whitish mucous, tinged with blood, from the vagina; it had very 
little odor. 
There was general weakness with loss of power, well marked 
in the posterior extremities when she was induced to walk a few 
steps. 
Before my examination of her was completed she lay down 
and rolled on her side, then raised herself on her anterior ex¬ 
tremities. Her head was carried upward, backward and to one 
