Operation for Choking, 247 



near side where the operator stands. The latter, with one 

 bold cut of a sharp knife, divides the skin gullet and 

 tissues down to the offending substance, making a cut long 

 enough to remove it. This should be promptly done, and the 

 edges of the cut brought together and stitched, first, the walls 

 of the gullet, with fine thread (or better with catgut), and 

 over them the skin. For several days, or a. week, the ani- 

 mal should have only milk and water, or thin slops. But 

 it should be added that this operation is often followed by a 

 permanent narrowing or stricture of the gullet, which may 

 prevent the use of solid food for the rest of the animaFs life. 



