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REPORTS OF CASES. 
sistance; pulse 80, weak and intermitting; eyes sunken; gums 
shrunken away from the teeth; breath fetid. Further examina¬ 
tion revealed a dead foetus, the head lodged in the vagina, nose 
three inches from the vulva, which was not dilated, rendering the 
first introduction of my hand difficult. The uterus was dilated 
and apparently healthy. The top of the head of the foetus was 
worn bare to the hone, from chafing against the sacrum; the 
dorsal vertebrae were loosened from their muscular and lisramen- 
tous attachments, and the superior spinous processes bared by 
friction; hair fast; no evidence of decay anywhere; the muscular 
tissue—worn to shreds along the back—retained all the strength 
and compactness of the living foetus; a large quantity of thick 
pus, of the consistence and color of thick cream, surrounded the 
foetus. I delivered the calf (after removing the bones of the 
skull in pieces) with little difficulty. The foetus was well matur¬ 
ed. I then removed about two gallons of the pus described. 
Prescribed ferruginous and bitter tonics, also carbonate of ammo¬ 
nia to be given every six hours. The appetite was regained in a 
few days, and the animal made a rapid recovery. 
The interest of the case centers in the absence of putridity, 
the change of the membranes into pus, and the complete preser¬ 
vation of the dead foetus. 
THE MISUSE OF SLINGS. 
By Prof. A. A. Holcombe, D.V.S. 
On the 28th of October I was called to see a fine bay carriage 
horse, suffering with acute pneumonia of the right lung. Ten 
days before he had become cast during the night, and was found 
in the morning completely exhausted from his continued strug¬ 
gles, and entangled in the rope by which he had been tied. With 
considerable difficulty and assistance he was raised and placed in 
slings, where he was left until the time of my visit. 
The history of his sickness was as follows : Upon the side which 
had been in contact with the floor were several abrasions which 
were quite sore at first, but rapidly improved ; on fore-leg, the 
