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sutures. In four cases ^ in which we have sewn up wounds of 

 the bladder Lcmbert's sutures of silkworm gut were used, but 

 catgut or silk have been used, and some operators suture 

 through the whole of the coats at once in the ordinary way 

 with interrupted sutures. As a rule, the wound in the bladder 



Fig. 0.5. 

 PhotOjirapli of ilog secured for jiosterior jmbic litliotrity. 



heals \ery satisfactoril)- if antiseptic precautions have been 

 rigidly carried out. Sewell - records two cases in which calculi 

 were removed in this way, in one of which the stone weighed 

 over 3 oz., the patient herself only weighing 14 lbs. 



In lithotrity the abdomen is not opened, the stone or stones 



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Fig. (i(i. 

 Litliotrite. 



being reached through the urethra. In the male, after anes- 

 thesia has been established, the animal is fixed on the operat- 

 ing table in the position illustrated in the photograph, the hind 

 legs being drawn forward so as to efficiently expose the seat 



' ".Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics," Vol. XII., p. 263. 

 - "Veterinary Record," Vol. XL, p. .509. 



