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of the bod}' (about 105°) is also employed for the purpose, 

 on account of its restorative effect. 



Before completing the sutures, a large sized rubber 

 drainage-tube is left in position between the last two, the 

 whole being covered with an antiseptic pad and bandage. 

 Any pus collecting in this tube must be carefull)- sucked out 

 with a syringe two or three times a day. This tube is 

 removed as soon as the collection of pus has ceased, being 

 replaced by an antiseptic 'tent ' or ' plug.' 



After-treatment. — Day and night attention by a skilled 

 canine nurse, if one can be obtained. Small doses of stimu- 



Fig. 123. — Adeno-carcinoma of the Mammary Gland.' 



lants in beef-tea, milk, Benger's Food, or other nutrients at 

 intervals, varying from every half-hour to every four hours at 

 discretion. Subcutaneous injections of brandy or ether, and 

 nutrient rectal suppositories or enemas, are also valuable. 



Prui^iiosis. — This must aiwaj'S be verj- grave. As a rule 

 with acute suppurative peritonitis death takes place before 

 the surgical measures which have been adopted can take 

 effect, and it is only when the purulent area is a small one at 

 the time of its discovery that experience teaches the operator 

 to hope for a successful issue. With a localized peritonitis 



^ For this photograph I am indebted to the Cancer Research 

 Association. 



