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CAESAREAN OPERATION ON A BITCH. 
Worcester, May 22, 1883. 
Editor of Veterinary Review: 
Dear Sir — I was called on the morning of .May 9th to attend 
a small skye terrier bitch which I was informed had the day be¬ 
fore given birth to one dead pup and diad since been in severe 
labor without making any progress. 
On examination could just feel the head of a pup, and after 
about half an hour came to the conclusion that delivery could 
not be had per vagina, and suggested the Caesarean operation, 
which the owner consented to. * 
Placing her under ether, 1 made a section on the median 
line through the abdominal walls exposing the uterus. I in¬ 
cised it about two inches and removed two foetuses. I closed the 
uterine opening with carbolized catgut sutures and the abdom¬ 
inal opening with the same. After the operation the hitch was 
placed on a clean straw bed and covered with a rug, and was 
not disturbed until the next day, when some milk was offered, of 
which she drank but little. 
She remained very quiet for four days, during which time she 
was given about a gill of milk punch three times a day. The fifth 
morning, she appearing brighter, some milk was offered, which 
she drank eagerly, after which time she improved rapidly, so 
that at the present writing—May 22d—she is capering about my 
feet bright and smart as if there was no such operation as gastro- 
hysterotomy. John B. Cosgrove, D.V.S. 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
AN ACT to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and 
surgery in the cities of the first and second class. 
Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep¬ 
resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General 
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
same: That the standard qualifications of a practitioner of vete- 
