Animal castration - a book for the use of students and practitioners (1920) (20142496843)

Title: Animal castration : a book for the use of students and practitioners
Identifier: cu31924021949650 (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: White, George Ransom, 1874-
Subjects: Castration
Publisher: Chicago : American Veterinary Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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202 ANIJIAL CASTRATION tisiii usually ends in recovery, but not without more or less extensive, adhesions. A good technic will avoid both kinds. 4. Hernia—Hernia is of two kinds, omental and intestinal. The latter occurs only when the sutures are too wide apart and gaping wounds left. Omental hernia may oeenr from an insufficient number of sutures or from the sutures lieing improperly placed. If tlie through-and-through suture is used, care must be taken in every case to see that all layers of the skin, muscles and peritoneum are included in each suture. If the peritoneum and alxlominal walls were sutured sejiarately, both, and partieulai-ly the pci-itoneum, must be so sutured as to leave no gaps.
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Fig. 199—Protection of wound after spaying. ."), Anorexia—This may result from the misuse of anesthetics, from a failui'e to emi)ty the intestinal canal before operating, from constipation following the operation, and of course, from peritonitis. Its treatment consists in removing the cause, or better still, in avoiding it. (), Eventration—The tendency of some animals to self mutilation and eventraticm from the fourth to the eighth day following spaying has never lieen satisfactorily explained. Rough manipulation of the abdominal viscera is l.ielieved to be an important cause. Shutting the animal up away from others with which it has been accustomed to associate, or away from its owner and the resulting homesickness and nervousness is probably a con- tributing factor. Tt may be prevented by putting a stiff wide collar on the

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