In the "Veterinary Record," vol. iii. p. 68, the following particulars are given: - Three weeks before the time of parturition, a bitch fell from a height of four feet. Four or five days after, the animal became sleepy, and the belly pendulous and painful. At a later period, the animal appeared very uneasy and made frequent shrill cries when the belly was pressed upon. At last, four puppies, one dead, were born. Severe fits came on, attended by protrusion of the eyeballs and unconscious wandering; and death supervened.

* For the doses, etc., refer to the "Introductory Remarks".

On examination after death, the peritoneum was found inflamed, and there was dark-coloured effusion. There were two large, unhealthy ulcers in one of the horns of the uterus, perforating all the coats of the uterus, and opening into the abdomen.

In this account there is nothing to prove that the so-called "ulcers" were not really lacerations of the uterine walls - a much more probable lesion, looking at the history and the results of the case.