CHAPTER XVII. 



OPERA.TIONS. 



£. TAPPING THE CHEST, AND TAPPING THE BELLY. II, TRACHEOTOMY. III. TAP- 

 PING THE KUMEN (PAUNCH) FOU HOVEN. IV. KUMENOTOMY. V. CASTRATION. 



• VI. SPAYING. VII. TAPPING THE BLADDER OF THE OX OR BULL. VIII. 



SUTURES AND BANDAGES. IX. C^SARIAN OPERATION. X. BLEEDING. 



I. Tapping the Chest, and Tapping the Belly. 

 The first of these operations (^paracentesis thoracis^ lias for its object 

 the removal of Avater f I'om tlie chest ia hydrothorax. Clip off the hair 



from a spot about three inches back 

 of the joint of the elbow, and on a 

 level with it. Make an incision 

 through the skin and muscles to a 

 depth of about two inches, being 

 careful to locate it so that it shall 

 pass between two ribs, and not too 

 close to the posterior aspect of the 

 anterior one of the two — about midway if possible. Then pass in the 

 trochar and cannula, withdraw the trochar, and leave the cannula to 

 act as a spout for the water. If lymph or other substance clogs the hole. 



MAKING THE INCISION VTITH THE KNIFE 



THE FLUID FLOWING FROM THE CHEST THROUGH THE CANNULA. 



push it away with a whalebone probe. The other side may l)c tapped in 

 the same way. The trochar for this operation should be about a quarter 

 of an inch m diameter. 



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