REPORTS OF CASES. 
25 
GUN-SHOT WOUND IN A DOG. 
By the Same. 
Leisurely loitering on the road in the country, this dog, a 
large mastiff biteh, of a good and kind disposition, seeing a 
stranger passing by, and running to him in a friendly way, was 
received with a shot at the hands of the stranger from a shot¬ 
gun, receiving a large and ugly wound on the left side of the 
head. 
When first visited by Dr. Coates, that gentleman found an 
abscess formed over the affected eye, from which a large quantity 
of pus was allowed to escape ; and then an irregular wound was 
seen over the temporal region, with a fracture of the zygomatic 
process, \yhich was shattered in several small pieces. The eye 
was of course, destroyed, and the animal was suffering so greatly, 
as much from the shock as from the wound, that the prospect of 
her recovery was very,doubtful. She was ordered to the hospital, 
and admitted on the 19th of December. 
When she entered her wound had the general aspect above 
described, but the animal was so weak that she was unable to 
walk, or even to stand erect, and had to be carried to the opera¬ 
ting room to be dressed. 
The parts being well cleaned and antiseptically washed, the 
loose pieces of bone were removed, the cutaneous sloughs which 
were taking place were gradually taken off, and carefully applied 
carbolic dressing was laid over the entire left side of the head. 
A few days later the wound had began to assume a better char¬ 
acter. The granulations looked more healthy, the pus was less 
sanious, and the mortified skin, portions of the muscles and of the 
eye having sloughed away, the animal seemed to have more 
strength, and now walked by herself from her kennel to the room 
where she was dressed, and her appetite was improved. Still a 
tract existed on the posterior border of the wound, which on 
probing was found to open into a subcutaneous sac, which being 
incised, was followed by the escape of a large number of small 
shots, many more of which were afterwards removed from day to 
day. The wound, however, continued granulating and diminish¬ 
ing in size, and after a few days the patient was discharged con¬ 
valescent. 
