274 Foreign Bodies in the Fore-stomaehs. 



stomach the iiitrodnctioii of such quantities of water acts 

 unfavorably (Engesser). In obstinate cases of obstruction of 

 the rumen or reticuhmi there remains as a means of last resort 

 the incision of the rumen (see page 255) ; after it has been 

 made, it is possible to clean out the rumen and then to irrigate 

 the obstructed omasum. 



Imminger was able to get permanently good results in 

 young calves l)y the irrigation of the rumen followed by the 

 proper regulation of the diet. 



Irrigation of the rumen in calves is, according to Imminger, performefl as 

 follows: A trochar 10 cm. long with a caniila 8 mm. in diameter is provided with 

 a rubber tube 1 meter long, carrying on its free end a funnel. The puncture is 

 made with the trochar which is then withdrawn and the ruliber tube is attached 

 to the canula. A i% warm common salt solution (30 to 3.5° C.) is allowed to 

 run into the rumen until the fluid remains in the funnel. The solution is left in 

 the rumen for some time, then the ruliber is detached from the canula, but the 

 latter is left in place in the rumen. Next the calf, whose hind and front legs 

 have been tied together in pairs, is lifted by two or three persons upon its left 

 side on two tables, placed side by side, so that there is left an opening of a few 

 inches between them which will permit the canula to be in the free space. The 

 fluid will at once begin to be voided and this may be assisted by mild pressure 

 upon the upper side of the calf. Finally the canula is slowly withdrawn, so that 

 all fluid which had been introiluced can run out. After the removal of the dirty 

 brown, stinking irrigation water, the rumen is filled a second time, but the fluid 

 is now not withdrawn, but is, by proper massage, pressed into the other two sections 

 of the fore-stomachs, the abomasum and the small intestines. After the contents of 

 the rumen have been diminished in this manner, the canula is removed. The next 

 day there is moderate diarrhea with fetid defecation and then recovery takes place. 



Literature. Bornhauser, Sehw., A., 1881, XXTII, 1.— Boulev, Diet., 1874, 

 X, 183.— Cadeac, J. vet., 1907, 595.— Cagny, Bull., 1883, 275.— Chuchu, ibid.— 

 Deffke, Tm. E., 1887.— Detroye, Expl. de 1 'abdomen, 1892.— DieckerhoflE, W. f. Tk., 

 1887, 47; Spez. path., 1892, II, 441.— Eber, S. B., 1896, 27; Z. f. Tm., 1906, X, 

 321.— Eberhardt, Pr. Mt., 1871-1872, 157.— Engesser, Eep., 1845, 27.— Frasch, D. 

 t. W., 1908, 109.— Goring, W. f. Tk., 1864, 231.— Harms, Rinderkrkh., 1890, 72, 83.— 

 Hering, Rep., 1849, 253.— Heu, Bull., 1883, 286.— Imminger, W. f. Tk., 1907, 1.— 

 Janssen, B. t. W., 1908, 555.— Jensen, Tidsskr., 1887, 169.— Koch, Pr. Mt., 1880-81, 

 58.— Lienaux, Ann., 1905, 121.— Mihalyi, Vet., 1895, 59.— Moussu, Traite des mal. 

 du hH., 1906, 236.— Miiller, Maanedssk'r., 1901, XIV, 309.— Otto, S. B., 1901, 43.— 

 Petersen, Maanedsskr., 1901, XTV, 33, 526.— Robert, S. B., 1896, 141.— Rvchner, 

 Bujatrik, 1841, 363.— Schmidt, S. B., 1900, 271.— Wilhelm, S. B., 1880, 75; 1891, 

 95.— Wucher, W. f. Tk., 1908, 27. 



(e) Foreign Bodies in the Fore-stomachs. Corpora aliena 

 reticuli, ruminis et omasi. 



(Traumafische Hanhen-, Hauhenzwerclifellenfzihuhcng, Trauma- 



tische Indigestion, Traumafische Pansenldhmwig 



[German] [Eber].) 



Occurrence. Foreign bodies and diseases caused by them 

 are met with especially frequently in cattle. Particularly 

 cattle having female attendants, and cattle of poor owners are 

 affected, as these animals have usually the best chance of taking 

 up foreign bodies. Still more frequent are cases in the barns 

 of tradesmen and factories where work is done vnih nails and 



