ENTEKOTOMY. 



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Fig. 369.— Trocars for the Coecum. 



Fig. 370.— Brogniez's Enterotome. 



transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae, on the right flank — 

 since it is there that the dilatation of the intestines is most prom- 

 inent. The puncture, if made at this stated point, penetrates the 

 second portion of the large colon ; if it is made nearer the lumbar 

 vertebrae, it enters the arch of the ccecum. 



The only instrument necessary to perform enterotomy is a 

 trocar. The instrument used in cattle for puncture of the rumen 



