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ately underneath be not wounded. If there be not room 

 to return the protruded intestine,, owing to strangulation, 

 then make the wound larger, carefully cutting between 

 the fingers with a crooked knife or bistoury, and return 

 the bowel. 



Then bring the edges of the wound through the walls 

 of the belly together, and retain them with stitches. The 

 skin, if necessary, must be dissected back a little, in 

 order to get at the whole wound. Then take stitches in 

 the skin, bringing the edges close together. In a few 

 cases, it is possible, and when it is, it is advisable to 

 include the skin and muscular wall of the belly in the 

 same stitch. A little simple ointment may be applied 

 to the external parts to keep them soft and prevent 

 soreness. 



Apply a bandage of cloth some inches wider than the 

 wound ; sew it on, and let it remain ten days. When 

 the edges of the wound shall have adhered mostly, re- 

 move the stitches and treat it as a common sore. 

 Should much swelling appear under the bandage, 

 foment it with warm water. The beast should be kept 

 on light food, such as bran mashes, grass or hay, and on 

 short allowance, and a dose or two of physic should be 

 given during the progress of the cure. 



In some cases the animal has recovered when there 

 has been a rent in the intestine, if it has been stitched 

 carefully. Thomas Brayer, an English cattle doctor, 

 opened an ox in the flank, took out the most of his 

 bowels, found a stoppage in the intestine, that was 

 putrid three quarters of a yard in length, which he cut 

 away, drew the sound ends together, upon a hollow 

 keck, three inches long, sewed the ends together on it, 

 leaving the keck within the bowels, and then sewed up 

 the flank. In an hour the ox dunged, and the keck 

 came away. He recovered and did service for years. 

 An extraordinary case of healing power. 



COLIC. 



Symptoms. The beast is uneasy ; lying down and 

 getting up often, and sometimes swelling much, without 

 signs of fever at first. 



