Accidents and Operations. 41 



VACCINATION. 



Vaccination is very largely adopted for the preventio 

 of distemper, and, so far as its beneficial effects are cor 

 cerned, it might just as well be practised for the sam 

 purpose with regard to other canine diseases. Betwee 

 distemper and smallpox (variola) there is not the slighte: 

 analogy. However, the operation is a harmless one, anc 

 as the latter disease does occasionally attack the doi 

 it may be attended with good results. 



The usual places selected for vaccination are the bac 

 of the neck', the inside of the forearms, and the ears. I 

 the latter, care should be taken that disease of the cartilag 

 is not occasioned. 



CHLOROFORM 



Little need be said here on the well-known value « 



■chloroform in surgical operations on the lower animal 



In veterinary practice it is now, I am thankful to sa; 



extensively used. In the dog it is of especial value ; indeei 



an operation of any consequence on the larger breeds, an 



those of a savage disposition, could not be performed wit 



any degree of comfort or safety without the employment ( 



an anaesthetic. Of course there are circumstances in whic 



its administration would be attended with risk — as in sorr 



diseases of the , respiratory organs and the heart. I hai 



only witnessed one fatal result, and that occurred : 



removing a mammary cancer from an old and inordinate 



fat spaniel bitch. She had received every preparatio 



medicinal and otherwise ; the cancer was removed in a fe 



minutes under chloroform, and she immediately afterwan 



ceased to breathe. A post-mortem examination reveah 



hypertrophy of the heart, with extensive valvular diseas 



and thus death was readily accounted for. 



On the score of humanity, however, chloroform chief 

 demands our attention, and with the knowledge that \ 

 are not inflicting pain is gained strength of nerve, confiden 



