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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 som^ extent 



Cut fibres of ex- 

 ternal oblique. 



Second incision 

 1 iirallel w th 

 th.e fibres of 

 ihe in tern al 

 oblique. (The 

 fibres of the 

 transversalis 

 cfin be feen 

 through the 

 w ound). 



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



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



the external oblique. (Enlarged from Fig. 12.} 



portions of these viscera can be withdrawn ; but the 

 colic mesentery is too short to permit the first part of 



