DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
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I was called in and upon examination found the enlargement 
about the size of a quart measure and fluctuating. I decided 
to operate and cast the cow and upon making an incision re¬ 
moved 30 ounces of putrid pus. When probing the cavity I 
felt something very hard between two ribs, which when re¬ 
moved proved to be the metallic part of a shoemaker's awl. 
Do you think that this passed through the lungs and caused 
the cough ? I have since tested the animal and received no 
indication of a reaction. 
WHAT HAPPENED TO A LITTLE KITTEN, AND HOW HIS LIFE 
WAS SAVED. 
By E. M. Beckeey, D.V.S., Meriden, Conn. 
May I2ch a Mi. Haager brought to me a seven weeks old 
kitten, saying something ailed it, and when he rubbed its 
throat it would scratch and bite. I felt its throat, and about 
half way between throat and chest a pointed object could be 
detected. I so informed him, and that it would be necessary to 
open the oesophagus and take it out. After a time he gave 
consent but thought I would kill the kitten. I clipped the 
hair close and made an incision over the object, and took out 
this hat pin, which I send you. It swallowed it head first, and 
had been in the kitten’s stomach and intestines a number of 
hours before it came to me. The kitten has made a complete 
recovery and is ready to swallow anything that conies his way. 
The kitten was seven weeks old the day I took out the pin. It 
measured from its head to its rump 9 ]/ 2 inches. The hat pin 
measured 5 fa inches. Put the pin with your collection of 
specimens. 
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
By E. A. and E. Merielat, 
of the McKillip Veterinary College , Chicago , III . 
INTESTINAL SUTURES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 218 ). 
(2) LemberCs Suture (Fig. 8).—This is a method of sutur¬ 
ing that is by far more reliable than the one described in No. 3, 
Vol. XXIV., of the Review, although not so easily applied. It 
consists of a number of interrupted stitches which never come 
in contact with the contents of the alimentary canal, and in 
this way lessens the danger of infection from within. The 
stitches are passed through the serous and muscular coats and 
