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uterus and that membrane. The incision is enlarged, the uterus 
opened, the foetus and its envelopes are removed. The little 
cadaver is free from putrefaction. The incision is closed by su¬ 
tures, and compresses of cold water put on,and kept in place with 
a wide bandage. A high fever followed, but soon the cicatricial 
parts progressed favorably. Towards the twelfth day, a portion 
of the uterus seems gangrenous ; it is carefully brought outwards, 
and amputated. Two days later, the balance of the organ has to 
be removed. The cicatrization went on well, and the ewe was 
fattened, and sold afterwards for the butcher.— Ibid . 
A CASE OF TORSION OF THE UTERUS IN A BITCH. 
By M. Guillereau. 
At the post mortem of a bitch that died from difficult labor, 
the author found the left horn of the uterus empty. The right, 
very large, was resting in the right side of the abdomen. It 
formed a deeply incurved arch, beginning forward, by the left 
ovary, stretched towards the right side of the vertebral column 
by its ligament, rolled upon itself, and ending behind at the 
junction of the two horns. At that point there was a contraction 
of the organ so great that the horn was reduced, upon a length of 
three centimeters, to the size of a lead pencil. This part having 
rotated round the principal arch, was twisted in a spiral manner. 
The round ligament was involved in this anomaly, in forming a 
wide twist, which entirely covered the contracted part of the 
uterine horn. In the walls of the left horn were several lacer¬ 
ations, through which the liquid of the amnios had escaped into 
the abdomen. The tissue of the wall was of a dark purple color. 
The horn contained two little puppies, perfectly formed, dead 
and swollen. After opening and emptying the horn, it was found 
that its cavity was entirely obliterated behind, in such a way that 
the horn as well as the uterine neck formed a funnel, ending at 
the twisted portion. It was evident that the left horn had not 
only twisted upon its axis, but also had undergone, in its posterior 
part, considerable atrophy with obliteration of the canal. Hence 
the complete impossibility of removing the foetus, except by 
gastro-hysterotomy. The author concludes in discussing the 
