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Phimosis. 



First thoroughly clean the glans and the prepuce, cut off 

 displaced hairs with the scissors, place the animal on its 

 back, insert a little oil on the parts, grasp the prepuce on 

 the outside with the forefinger and thumb, and draw it 

 gently over the glans, pressing the latter at the same time 

 backwards. It may in severe cases be necessary to lay 

 open the lower border of the prepuce. Wash with a solu- 

 tion of acetate of zinc or of alum. 



Phlebitis Venae Jugularis. 



Sometimes it may happen, after abstracting blood from 

 the jugular vein and removing the pin a day or two sub- 

 sequently, that the vein, instead of being dry, is swollen? 

 and discharges dark blood, and this swelling may increase 

 so that the vein becomes a round, firm cord. 



In order to prevent this occurrence, the collar should not 

 be worn for twenty -four hours after bleeding, and the fleam 

 or lancet should never be applied twice at the same spot. 

 When the wound made by the lancet does not close after 

 the pin has been taken out, wash the spot with sublimate 

 or carbolic solution. Other points by way of prevention 

 are that, after thrombosis has taken place, the vein should 

 not be re-opened ; also the application of warm antiseptic 

 lotion, and rubbing in a little unguentum hydrargyri very 

 gently so as to avoid setting emboli free. If an abscess 

 has formed, it may be opened. One plan is to apply a 

 ligature above and one below, and cut down and remove 

 the hardened piece of vein, great care of course being taken 

 not to injure the carotid, which is situated close by. For 

 this purpose it may be well to use a blunt instrument or the 

 fingers, and sometimes the vein can be torn away after 

 ligature with moderate traction. 



