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for the purpose of removing the protrusion by ligature, should 

 it prove to be omentum or obliterated intestine j or if both, 

 and the latter was not obliterated, return it and close the 

 aperture with suture. 



It was found to be the former, and removed accordingly ; 

 a couple of stitches being inserted through the lips of the di- 

 vided integument and the ends of the ligature left out. 



Orders were given for the patient to be watched, so that 

 he might not interfere with the part, and to be kept quiet. 

 On the fifth day the ligature sloughed off, and at the end of 

 another similar period the wound was whole. 



On Che xSt® oi the following month, July, I met the owner, 

 and was informed that the dog was perfectly well, and that 

 there was no mark of enlargement of any kind to be detected. 



CHOKING. 



Dogs very frequently get choaked, especially ravenous feed- 

 ers. A portion of bone or solid matter, too large, or from 

 its shape impossible to be passed down the oesophagus, be- 

 comes fixed, it may be in the upper portion of the throat, the 

 pharnyx, or some distance down the tube. 



Treatment. — If the obstruction is not deeply lodged, and 

 can be seen or felt, an attempt should be made to extract it 



Fig. 39- 

 Thkoat Forceps. 



