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inches, dividing entirely the skin and subjacent flat facial mus¬ 
cles. With the aid of the tenaculse the incision is held well 
open, while the surrounding parts are carefully dissected away 
from the nerve, exposing freely all its branches, being careful 
in freeing the inferior or ventral portions to not wound the facial 
vessels. The aneurism needle (or a probe-pointed bistoury) is 
insinuated beneath the nerve and its entire substance cut through 
immediately against the foramen, with the scalpel or bistoury. 
‘Grasping the distal end of the severed nerve with the compres¬ 
sion forceps a piece about one inch long is dissected out and 
excised. The haemorrhage is now stayed, the wound cleansed 
and sutured, and the square piece of muslin, well disinfected, is 
laid over the wound, and each corner sutured firmly to the skin 
with strong silk. 
The patient is then rolled to the opposite side and the 
operation repeated on the other nerve, except that the square 
piece of muslin as a temporary protective is not essential and 
is omitted. 
The patient is now permitted to recover from the anaesthesia 
and get up, the silk sutures holding the protective piece of 
muslin over the first wound are cut and removed, the wounds 
properly cleansed and dressed, and the animal given its freedom 
in a paddock, or box stall, or if necessary to tie, it should be 
done with a neck strap in preference to the ordinary halter, 
which cannot well be kept from the wounds. 
After two or three days the animal may be returned to work 
with a properly adjusted bridle, without noseband. 
We operated upon our first case without chloroform, relying 
upon cocaine, which totally failed us, resulting in excruciating 
pain, the recollection of which made the patient unmanageable 
for a day or two, and caused great nervousness and suffering, 
unfavorable conditions which are wholly avoided by the use 
of chloroform. 
In our second case (our first under chloroform) we met with 
difficulties which served to render our operation incomplete and 
unsatisfactory. By making our incision on the ventral instead 
