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VETERINARY SURGICAL OPERATIONS 



failure of the operation depends upon the judgment displayed 

 in preventing rupture while washing the mass down, or the 

 patience displayed in the slow process of syphoning it out- 

 ward. 



Fifth Step. — Treatment of the Wound. — The tape is un- 

 tied, the stomach tube withdrawn and the wound closed with 

 interrupted sutures, after dusting it well with iodoform. A 

 drainage orifice may be provided at the lower commissure. 



Fig. 210— Stomach and CEsophagus Showing a Large Dilatation of the 



the Latter. 



AFTER-CARE. — The patient is allowed only liquid diet 

 for some days, and then, when the grain and hay ration is 

 resumed, provision must be made to prevent rapid eating. 

 The grain may be fed by spreading it out over a wide sur- 

 face upon the clean floor, and the hay placed in an almost 

 inaccessible place, a closely fitted rack. This mode of feed- 

 ing should be continued until the walls have recovered from 

 the influence of the attack. 



