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of the stomach are generally located in the pyloric portion, and 
at first are confined to the mucous membrane, but soon invade 
the sub-mucous coat, and finally attack the muscular and 
serous coats; when they invade the muscular and the sub- 
serous coats, they should be excised instead of curetted, and 
in doing so, care must be taken not to cause a perforation. 
After treatment .—The things to be considered in the after¬ 
care are the comfort of the patient ; shock ; pyrexia ; thirst; 
food ; tympanites ; peritonitis, and renal secretions. Each of 
these may tax the surgeon to the utmost, and he should handle 
them judiciously, for the result of such operations depend to a 
great extent upon the management of the case after the opera¬ 
tion. 
8. Rumenotomy .—This is an operation that has been per¬ 
formed with very good success upon the ox and sheep. Many 
of the unfavorable results of the operation are due to procrasti¬ 
nation ; either the client is unwilling to submit the animal to 
the operation, or the veterinarian is reluctant about attempting 
it, and as a matter of fact, in many cases, the patient is beyond 
