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AMERICAN VETERINARY HOSPITAL. 
OPERATIONS. 
One thousand one hundred and forty-eight operations were per¬ 
formed during the year, covering the field of surgery and including 
operations upon the organs of locomotion, digestion, respiration, 
genital apparatus, besides those performed in cases of abnormal 
growths. Many of these operations have been performed under 
complete anaesthesia, so produced by the use of ether or chloro¬ 
form, or in partial somnolence, as produced by the use of chloral 
hydrate. 
OPERATIONS PERFORMED DURING THE TEN YEARS. 
1876 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
116 
210 
314 
385 
596 
987 
1,304 
, 798 
956 
1,148 
The following cases presented unusual interest, and reports of 
them, extracted from the Hospital Record, have been given to the 
profession through the columns of the American Veterinary 
Review : 
1. Embolism of the Iliac Arteries, with Complete Paraplegia—Death. 
2. Large Adenomia of the Intermaxillary Space—Recovery. 
3. Lacerated Wound of the Free Portion of the Tongue, followed by inabil¬ 
ity to partake of any kind of food—Destroyed. 
4. Double Champignon of Enormous Size—No operation. 
5. Constipation in the Horse of Twenty-eight Days’ Duration—Death. 
6. A Case of Dystochia in the Dog—Caesarean Operation—Death. 
7. Large Melanotic Tumor in a Bay Horse—Recovery. 
8. Lymphomatous Growth of the Head, Neck and Inguinal Regions—Par¬ 
tial removal. 
9. Large Inguinal Hernia in the Dog—Death. 
10. Sarcomatous Tumor of the Intermaxillary Space—Recovery. 
11. Luxation of the Patella of Several Months’ Standing, Division of the 
Long Vastus Muscle—Recovery. 
12. Amyloid Degeneration of the Liver, Softening of the Muscular Coat of 
the Intestines—Death. 
13. Progressive Paraplegia, Necrosis of the Dorsal Vertebrae—Death. 
