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REPORTS OF CASES. 
with a bucket of carbolic and iodine solution, and as soon as the 
wound was exposed began to spray the parts thoroughly. The 
wound was looking fairly well, with the exception of a few 
places, where it was sloughing some of the lacerated tissues. 
I closed it again in the same manner as before, left it again for 
two days, when I repeated the same dressings, the animal being 
kept in slings for a period of twelve days, when I had him re¬ 
moved from the slings, the wound having granulated enough to 
close the joint, so as to let the patient lie down. 
He made a complete recovery in four weeks, with a slight 
inability to extend the leg, leaving but a small cicatrix that a 
few weeks before looked very unfavorable. 
RUMENOTOMY-RECOVERY. 
By C, H. Peabody, D. V. S., Charlton City, Mass. 
Last August I was called upon by a farmer to see a cow. 
On my way to the farm I obtained the following history: 
“The cow is six years old; she calved last June and did all 
right. Night before last she got into the grain-bin and just 
stuffed herself with feed, and I think the pesky thing will burst 
if it is not got out of her soon.” 
Arriving at the farm, I found a large Ayrshire cow. Her 
abdomen was distended and hard. By pressing with the hand 
an indentation was left. She stood with her head extended, 
tongue protruding, and the saliva was runningvfrom her mouth. 
Respiration was labored and pulse quite thready. There was a 
well defined, bluish-purple line along the gum at the roots of 
the teeth. Prognosis was unfavorable. 
I placed the cow so as to get at her right side, clipping the 
hair for a space of about twelve inches in the middle of the tri¬ 
angle formed by the, ribs, the transverse processes of the lumbar 
vertebrae, and the hip-bone. 
After washing the parts thoroughly with a solution cf car¬ 
bolic acid, I made an incision about eight inches long through 
the skin, then through the muscular tissue and the peritoneum. 
After stopping all haemorrhage, I then made an incision into 
the rumen. I brought the edges well out of the incision through 
the muscular tissues and had them held there by two assistants. 
I then removed ten pecks of hard, dry meal, oats, barley, corn, 
and bran. 
Having in the meantime found out that the cow had re¬ 
ceived one quart of linseed oil, one pound of Epsom salts, a quart 
of soft soap and a yeast cake dissolved in two quarts of water, I 
