Diseases of the dog and their treatment (1911) (14784622582)

Identifier: diseasesofdogthe00ml (find matches)
Title: Diseases of the dog and their treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Müller, Georg Alfred, 1851-1923 Glass, Alexander
Subjects: Horses Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alexander Eger
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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ralis.) Femoral hernia is extremely rare in the clog. The ring is formedby the upper end of the so-called femoral canal, and is formed by thecrural fascia, the external membrane forming the hernial covering. Thefemoral canal of the dog is a long, three-cornered cavity in the mediansurface of the upper part of the leg, which is surrounded front and backby the inverted muscles of the upper thigh—that is to say, in front bythe sartorius muscle, and back by the long abductor, the large and shortabductor, and on its upper surface by the ilio-psoas, while the floor ofthe cavity is formed by a portion of the muscles of the thighs and by thecrural fascia. Below the borders of the sartorius the abductors runtogether at an acute angle (Fig. 131). This canal, as a rule, is filled withmasses of fat, nerves, and blood vessels. In cases of fracture of thepelvis the intestines which leave the abdominal cavity, after havingfollowed the direction of the large blood vessels, locate themselves in this
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Fig. 131.—Middle section through the pelvis, showing the organs: a. Pelvis; h, coccygeal vertebra;c, broad pelvic ligament; (/, anterior and, d, posterior portions of the rectum; e, bladder; /, /, seminalvesicles; g, fold of the peritoneum. cavity and are covered by the peritoneum, the crural fascia, and externalmembrane; but they may also under certain conditions penetratedirectly under the skin through an opening of the crural fascia. In the inner fascia of the thigh we find a soft swelling which hasmore or less pain when the condition is examined and the disease hasbeen of recent origin, and in cases of strangulation. In the latter cases,however, we see also a peculiar dragging motion of the thighs, withlameness and symptoms of intestinal obstruction, such as vomiting, etc.Herniotomy has to be performed according to the rules mentioned 394 HERNIAL RUPTURE before, but must only he attempted in extreme cases. In making incisionsinto this region great care must be taken to avoid the