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CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY. 



the base the diametei" of, the lumen of the bowel. Each cone 

 was furnished with two sutures, which were passed through its 

 wall from the apex to the base, one on each side, a big knot 

 at the apical end preventing the suture from being pulled 



Fig. 5.0.1 

 Cones with sutures ami needles attached. 



through the cone. The apex was then inserted and the "cone 

 sutures " passed through all the layers of the bowel an eighth 

 of an inch from the cut margin, one at the mesenteric attach- 

 ment and the other at the opposite side of the gut. The 



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Fig. 56. 

 Mode of insertion of cone. 



other cone being similarly passed, an assistant approximated 

 the ends of the bowel, and the corresponding pairs of sutures 

 were tied moderately tightly. The ends of the sutures were 

 cut as short as possible. The cut ends of the gut were thus 



1 For this and the foUowing two figures I am much indebted to "Tlie Lancet." 



