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THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



abdomen. Through an incision of the white line any 

 organ within the cavity can- be felt, the small and large 

 intestines in part can be seen, and to some extent 



Skin. 



Cut fibres of ex- 

 ternal oblique. 



Second incision 

 parallel with 

 the fibres of 

 the intern a 1 

 oblique. (The 

 fibres of the 

 ransversalis 

 can be seen 

 through the 

 wound). 



Fig. 13 — Operation Wound (Laparo-Enterotomy). 



Showing the first incision through the skin and across the fibres of 



the external obHque. (Enlarged from Fig. 12.) 



portions of these viscera can be withdrawn ; but the 

 colic mesentery is too short to permit the first part of 



