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Ascites in a Fowl
Ascites in a Fowl.
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measure to affect a permanent cure, the vagina having very little contractile power and the protrusion having existed so long. At the same time I warned him of a certain amount of risk that would attend the operation. H e decided to have the bitch back as she was, and then upon the day fixed for her return consented to the operation, which I performed on the I 1th, under chloroform. Having drawn out the inversion as far as possible, I enclosed the mass in a carbolised tight ligature. On the I 3th the tumour came away, and was followed by a slight discharge of matter; a little carbolised glycerine and water was poured into the vagina, and nothing furth er done. The bitch manifested no distress or irritation during the presence of the ligature, or after sloughing was accomplished, but fed and was as lively as usual, and is now (the 15th) fit to return home. INTESTINAL ABSCESS AND H ~MO RRHAGE.
These cases are not by any means unfrequent, and are usually produced by the irritation of a portion of bone becoming fixed for a time in the intestinal canal. Two patients, one a mastiff, the other a bull-terrier, have recently been in my infirmary under these conditions, both discharging blood and pus per rectum. The primary treatment consisted in a purely mucilaginous diet, and barley-water enemas until the irritating agent was expelled, and then the administration of perchloride of iron freely diluted. The hcc morrhage, though profuse in both cases, was soon checked, and the patients made good recoveries. When the h
ON the 14th I received a Brahma Dorking hen from Elmsleigh Hall, near L eicester, with a request to kill her and make a postmortem ex~mination relative to her illness. I found the abdo-
The Veterinary Journal. men enormously distended with fluid, and resolved to try surgical measures before destroying the bird. On the 15th I tapped her with a small trocar and canula, and removed twentyeight ounces of greenish-coloured but odourless fluid. Immediate relief was the result, the patient feeding as soon as she reached the ground. I purpose following up the case with the administration of iodide of potassium, and will report the termination. I should mention that I tapped near to the flank, in order that there should be no likelihood of intestinal protrusion when the fowl was on its legs.
Q?trftnrilt I. THE TERCENTENARY OF THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. THE three-hundredth anniversary of the greatest of the Scottish Universities, and in some respects the most important seat of learning in these kingdoms, was celebrated in a most splendid manner during the middle of last month, the celebration consisting of banquets, receptions, conversazioni, processions, concerts, and other festivities, covering four days. Invitations had been issued on a very lavish scale to home and foreign scientists and literary men by the University, and delegates and deputations from nearly every part of the world found their way to Edinburgh, to present congratulations to the University authorities on the auspicious occasion. Probably such an assemblage of learned men was never before witnessed in any country, and nearly every branch of science and art was represented_ An extraordinary number of honorary degrees were bestowed on persons distinguished in their different spheres of usefulness, many of whom could not be present, and the occasion altogether was marked in a manner most befitting the antiquity, historical importance, and splendid position achieved by the University among all the universities of the world. Though the existence of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was unacknowledged and ignored by the University, yet the veterinary profession must not allow the occasion to pass without venturing to offer its tribute of congratulation, humble though it be, on the event which has been so widely and joyfully recognised among learned bodies throughout the civilised world. The veterinary profession in this country has an additional reason for asking to be allowed to join the throng of congratulants, in that it feels that it owes a debt of gratitude to the Edinburgh University for the aid it has extended, for now many years, to veterinary education in the Scottish capital. The founder of the first veterinary school established in Scotland, received the initiatory portion of his medical instruction in that university, and its professors or graduates have ever since been, more or less, concerned in imparting knowledge on different subjects to
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measure to affect a permanent cure, the vagina having very little contractile power and the protrusion having existed so long. At the same time I warned him of a certain amount of risk that would attend the operation. H e decided to have the bitch back as she was, and then upon the day fixed for her return consented to the operation, which I performed on the I 1th, under chloroform. Having drawn out the inversion as far as possible, I enclosed the mass in a carbolised tight ligature. On the I 3th the tumour came away, and was followed by a slight discharge of matter; a little carbolised glycerine and water was poured into the vagina, and nothing furth er done. The bitch manifested no distress or irritation during the presence of the ligature, or after sloughing was accomplished, but fed and was as lively as usual, and is now (the 15th) fit to return home. INTESTINAL ABSCESS AND H ~MO RRHAGE.
These cases are not by any means unfrequent, and are usually produced by the irritation of a portion of bone becoming fixed for a time in the intestinal canal. Two patients, one a mastiff, the other a bull-terrier, have recently been in my infirmary under these conditions, both discharging blood and pus per rectum. The primary treatment consisted in a purely mucilaginous diet, and barley-water enemas until the irritating agent was expelled, and then the administration of perchloride of iron freely diluted. The hcc morrhage, though profuse in both cases, was soon checked, and the patients made good recoveries. When the h
ON the 14th I received a Brahma Dorking hen from Elmsleigh Hall, near L eicester, with a request to kill her and make a postmortem ex~mination relative to her illness. I found the abdo-
The Veterinary Journal. men enormously distended with fluid, and resolved to try surgical measures before destroying the bird. On the 15th I tapped her with a small trocar and canula, and removed twentyeight ounces of greenish-coloured but odourless fluid. Immediate relief was the result, the patient feeding as soon as she reached the ground. I purpose following up the case with the administration of iodide of potassium, and will report the termination. I should mention that I tapped near to the flank, in order that there should be no likelihood of intestinal protrusion when the fowl was on its legs.
Q?trftnrilt I. THE TERCENTENARY OF THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. THE three-hundredth anniversary of the greatest of the Scottish Universities, and in some respects the most important seat of learning in these kingdoms, was celebrated in a most splendid manner during the middle of last month, the celebration consisting of banquets, receptions, conversazioni, processions, concerts, and other festivities, covering four days. Invitations had been issued on a very lavish scale to home and foreign scientists and literary men by the University, and delegates and deputations from nearly every part of the world found their way to Edinburgh, to present congratulations to the University authorities on the auspicious occasion. Probably such an assemblage of learned men was never before witnessed in any country, and nearly every branch of science and art was represented_ An extraordinary number of honorary degrees were bestowed on persons distinguished in their different spheres of usefulness, many of whom could not be present, and the occasion altogether was marked in a manner most befitting the antiquity, historical importance, and splendid position achieved by the University among all the universities of the world. Though the existence of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was unacknowledged and ignored by the University, yet the veterinary profession must not allow the occasion to pass without venturing to offer its tribute of congratulation, humble though it be, on the event which has been so widely and joyfully recognised among learned bodies throughout the civilised world. The veterinary profession in this country has an additional reason for asking to be allowed to join the throng of congratulants, in that it feels that it owes a debt of gratitude to the Edinburgh University for the aid it has extended, for now many years, to veterinary education in the Scottish capital. The founder of the first veterinary school established in Scotland, received the initiatory portion of his medical instruction in that university, and its professors or graduates have ever since been, more or less, concerned in imparting knowledge on different subjects to