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eased turbinated, its puncturing with probed bistoury or direc¬ 
tory, freely opening their cavities and, if necessary, the removal 
by excision or tearing of the entire turbinated. 
“ Operation not always easily made in one step, but requiring 
sometimes several attempts. Sometimes scissors had to be put 
aside and pieces of the turbinated are directly pulled away with 
forceps. This removal of the wall of the turbinated is always 
accompanied with profuse hemorrhage, which, however, soon 
stops of itself. After care consists in the ordinary classical in¬ 
dications of sinusitis, free irrigation and creolinated dressings.” 
Roaring generally subsides immediately after the operation. 
The wound has to be watched, as pieces of necrosed turbinated 
or granulating membrane may require attention, removal or cau¬ 
terization.— ( Anncil. de Bruxelles.) 
Foreign Bodies in Pigeons [Prof. Hebrant and Assistant 
Antoine ].—Every practitioner knows of the importance that for¬ 
eign bodies occupy in the pathology of some domestic animals. 
Horses, cattle, dogs, etc., have commonly presented interesting 
cases of disease due to the presence of foreign bodies. They can 
also be observed among birds. Every foreign body that is taken 
in by those animals, after remaining some time in the crop and 
the succentric ventricle, without giving rise to any trouble, ar¬ 
rive in the gizzard, where they are stopped by its contents— 
gravel, stones, etc. If these foreign bodies are smooth and with¬ 
out sharp parts, they remain mixed with the other contents. But 
if they have sharp points, which may injure the cavity of the 
organ, they may finally perforate the muscle and come out sur¬ 
rounded by fibrinous inflammatory exudate, forming a mass 
which remains in the abdominal cavity, more or less adherent to 
the intestines. Their presence can be easily detected by palpation 
of the abdomen, with the hand, which detects a round body, often 
irregular, slightly elastic, and which one might readily take in a 
female bird, as the fruit of an inter-abdominal fecundation. 
Sometimes the fibrinous mass becomes attached to some subcu¬ 
taneous point of the abdominal walls. 
The exit of these foreign bodies out of the gizzard is very 
slow, and while it takes place the bird eats poorly and gradually 
loses flesh. When the diagnosis can be established surgical inter¬ 
ference is always indicated. Open the abdomen and remove the 
cause of the trouble, when thus the wound is stitched. Conva¬ 
lescence is sometimes long, although sometimes recovery is some¬ 
what rapid.— (Ibid.) 
