176 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 



Mix. Give as one dose. Should this not prove effective, 

 and the owner wishing to save the sheep for breeding purposes, 

 clip the fleece off the region of the flank, then take a clean 

 sharp knife, make an incision downwards and inwards through 

 the skin from a point about two inches from the protuberance 

 of the hip bone, making it about three inches in length to permit 

 entrance of the hand of the operator; break through the tissues 

 underlying the skin with the fingers, exposing the external coats 

 of the first stomach, make a bold incision through this, insert 

 the hand (first taking a napkin or clean cloth and placing it so 

 that it covers the dependent part of the wound in the skin and 

 also stomach — this to prevent the contents from falling down be- 

 tween the walls of the stomach and abdominal cavity, in which 

 case peritonitis would most likely result), remove at least one- 

 third of its contents, and then pour into the stomach a purgative 

 such as: 



Take. Common salt 2 ounces 



Solution of ammonium acetate -J ounce 



Water 1 pint 



Then sew iip the walls of tlie rumen (stomach), being careful to 

 bring the inside surfaces together, making the stitches with a fine 

 surgeon's needle about half an inch apart, using sterilized cat gut 

 or silk for the sutures. Then take silk and sew up the skim 

 Do not take the stitches through the tissues underlying it be- 

 tween it and the walls of the rumen. Dress the external surface 

 of the wound with pine tar. This is a very effectual operation, 

 and if properly performed is not liable to produce any serious 



results. 



Impaction of the "Cbird Stomach. 



Impaction the Third Stomach, or Omasum, also termed 

 "grass staggers," "drying up" ot "fardel bound," occurs in the 

 same way as impaction of the firet stomach or rumen. Prof. 

 Williams says that it is always accompanied with inflammation 



