476 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



the dose is apparently returned, administer chloroform from a sponge, hy 

 inhalation, until entire insensibility is produced. Then extend the head, 

 insert the probang, well oiled, and use steady but constant pressure, 

 wntil the substance moves. It may take ten to fifteen minutes, or more. 

 When the substance moves do not use much violent pressure, but move 

 it carefully until it enters the stomach, care being taken not to force the 

 instrument too far and thus wound that organ, remembering always that 

 sudden violence may bring on spasmodic action, in which case efforts 

 must cease. Violence may also rupture the sesophagus. 



THE LOW CHOKE 



X. Wounds Penetrating the Abdominal Cavity. 



A penetrating wound of the walls of the abdomen is generally followed 

 by protrusion of the bowels. Sometimes it is so extensive as to allow 

 a large portion of the intestines to escape. If so, they should be sup- 

 ported by a sheet fastened over the back to prevent injury by the feet 

 and the admission of dirt until relief is given. 



What to do- — The horse should be cast, the bowels washed with tepid 

 water, the horse turned partly on his back, the intestines properly returned 

 to their place by pressure, and the wound sewed up with catgut, well soaked 

 in warm oil, and at intervals of an inch apart, bringing the edges nicely 

 together. Then encircle the belly with a strong band!lge properly fas- 

 tened, by being laced along the back. Empty the rectum, if necessary, 

 by means of injections of warm water or soap suds, and keep the bowelt 

 open by feeding scalded shorts pretty well salted, 



XI. Contused Wounds. 



A contused wound is one occasioned by injury ffvim seme Muni inetru 



