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CONTEMPORARY PROGRESS OF VETERINARY 
SCIENCE AND ART. 
By John Gamgee, M.R.C.V.S., 
Lecturer on Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, London. 
( Continued from p. 647.) 
Penetrating wound of the abdomen in the 
HORSE WITH HERNIA AND LACERATION OF INTESTINE ; 
recovery. — On the 21st of last January, M. Guilhem, V. S. 
at Tarsac, at ten o’clock at night, was called to a horse that, 
having been gored by an ox, had received a penetrating- 
wound on the left side of the abdomen, about fi\;e inches 
from the umbilicus ; a portion of the large intestine forming 
a swelling about the size of a child’s head protruded, and 
was the seat of a large rend. Few hopes of recovery were 
entertained, but the animal was cast, turned on its back; the 
intestine, slightly red, was cleaned out, as it still contained a 
handful of ingesta, and was w T ashed with cold water. The 
lips of the wound were sewn together to the extent of about 
SI inches; a second suture was made through the walls of 
the abdomen, and a third through the skin. The animal 
was allowed to rise, a pledget of tow covered by a doubled-up 
cloth and secured by a surcingle was the only dressing 
applied. The horse was bled : it was requested that he 
should be kept quiet, at a mild temperature, and that he 
should be allowed sloppy mash to drink. 
22d. — No fever; considerable -oedema round the wound 
extending from scrotum to sternum; a whitish liquid exuded 
drop by drop from the wound, and the horse had not defe- 
cated or moved about since the operation. Same treatment 
adopted, with the addition of warm clysters. 
24th. — Same condition : the horse eats his mash greedily; 
he voids urine, and defecates without difficulty. 
26th. — Recovery seems certain at present. The horse 
moves about; tries to pick up straw from his litter; suppu- 
ration has set in. The mash is increased in quantity. 
February 1st. — There has been daily progress towards a 
cure ; the ligatures of the skin and abdominal wounds have 
dropped. 
8th. — The wound suppurates freely; granulations are 
healthily developed, and the oedema has in a great measure 
disappeared. 
23d. — M. Guilhem was told that it was eight days the 
animal laid down as in health, and was, in fact, completely 
