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An Interesting Radiograph
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The Veterinary
7 ounzal.
OVARIOTOMY OF A VICIOUS MARE. BY GUY SUTTON, M.R.C.V.S., OXFORD STRE ET, W .
ON October 12 I removed the · ovaries from a light van mare, aged ,I6. For the last nine months she has been most dangerous, bas smashed up three carts, was constantly in cestrum and very indecent. The right ovary was much distended when itz situ, but readily ruptured when compressed with the hand to facilitate the passage of · the ecraseur chain. When fresh, minus the ·cystic contents, they were of equal weight, viz., 4 oz. Four hours after operation the mare would kick viciously when approached in her box. On the third day she was much quieter, and allowed her tail bandage to -be removed. Perhaps this was to some extent due to shock, but her appetite, pulse, and temperature did not indicate much disturbance, and up till now her recovery has been uneventful.
AN
INTERESTING
RADIOGRAPH.
RV GUY SUTTON, _ M. R.C. V. S. , OXFORD STREP:T, LONDON, W •.
THE enclosed radiograph shows the left fore limb of a Pekinese dog, aged 2. On September 20 he came to me with the history of occasionally screaming when picked up. I s pent some few minutes examining him, and noticed a rod-like body e mbedded in the substance
of the triceps muscle, its long axis running at right angles to the shaft of the humerus. He allowed this region to be freely pinched and handled without showing discomfort. The owner readily consented to a radiograph being taken, but as she had to leave town for a week' it was postponed until her return. On September 28 I again saw him. The scapulo-humeral region was now slightly swollen, and gave, on pressure, a crepitating sensation to the fin ger suggestive of emphysema.
./aundice following- Gastro-Enteritis - -Death
609
The radiograph was taken by Dr. Ironside Bruce, and shows a small darning needle lying in the triceps muscle, the point being slightly under the humeral shaft, and the eye some i in. from the posterior margin of the muscle. It was decided to operate, and a guarded prognosis as to the size of the wound was given in view of the fact that foreign bodies evident by radiograph are sometimes not readily exposed on section. Luckily, on manipulation whilst the muscles were relaxed under chloroform, the point of the needle was felt to impinge upon the humeral shaft, and by continuing digital pressure upon the posterior margin of the muscle the obtuse end of the needle was made to travel towards a small incision which had been made in the skin, and extracted by the aid of forceps . All swelling had subsided by the forty-eighth hour, and the patient made an excellent recovery.
JAUNDICE FOLLOWING GASTRO-ENTERITIS.-DEATH. BY E DG AR RELC HER , M. R. C . \' ,S., KE NSINGTO N , W.
THE subject of thi s condition was a bulldog, aged 2, who was suspected by the own e r to have been poisoned, and the probability is that this surmise was correc t. The first departure from health was sudden, frequently occurring attacks of vomiting, and this is what led to the suspicion of poisoning. The own er ga ve a dose of castor oil and syrup of buckthorn, which opened the bowels; but the dog could not be persuaded to eat anything for a week, except occasionally a little raw meat. During the whole of this time his bowels never moved, and he very rapidly lost flesh. It was at this stlge when he was brought under our notice, and his symptoms were as follows: His skin, mucous membranes, and eyes were deeply bile-stained, in fact, were quite yellow. The skin was harsh and tight, so much so that it was iq1possible to pinch up a fold over the ribs, and this was so noticeable because the bulldog's skin normally is so loose everywhere. The temperature was roo° F., breathing normal. He looked as if he were only "skin and bone," and instead of his usual happy disposition, was snappy and badtempered. He was listless, and did not like to be touched or to move. Treatmettt.-Owing to his weak condition, it was not advisable to administer a strong purgative, so his bowels were relieved by means of a glycerine enema, and he was given 20 grains of magnes. sulphate and 10 grains of magnes. carbonate every four hours until his bowels were rather relaxed, when half the above doses was continued. A hotwater bath was also ordered him, and there was slight improvement in his condition the next day ; he was livelier, and took a little food; the temperature was normal, and there -was no return of the vomiting. However, two days later, after getting gradually weaker, he died , and the autopsy revealed that the stomach, especially in the neighbourhood of the pylorus, and the first 6 in. of the intestine, were intensely inflamed, the mucous membrane being very much thi cken ed. There was no enteritis in any other part of the bowel. The liver was apparently normal in consistence, but was rather enlarged, and was infiltrated deeply with the biliary pigment. The kidneys, lun gs, heart,
The Veterinary
7 ounzal.
OVARIOTOMY OF A VICIOUS MARE. BY GUY SUTTON, M.R.C.V.S., OXFORD STRE ET, W .
ON October 12 I removed the · ovaries from a light van mare, aged ,I6. For the last nine months she has been most dangerous, bas smashed up three carts, was constantly in cestrum and very indecent. The right ovary was much distended when itz situ, but readily ruptured when compressed with the hand to facilitate the passage of · the ecraseur chain. When fresh, minus the ·cystic contents, they were of equal weight, viz., 4 oz. Four hours after operation the mare would kick viciously when approached in her box. On the third day she was much quieter, and allowed her tail bandage to -be removed. Perhaps this was to some extent due to shock, but her appetite, pulse, and temperature did not indicate much disturbance, and up till now her recovery has been uneventful.
AN
INTERESTING
RADIOGRAPH.
RV GUY SUTTON, _ M. R.C. V. S. , OXFORD STREP:T, LONDON, W •.
THE enclosed radiograph shows the left fore limb of a Pekinese dog, aged 2. On September 20 he came to me with the history of occasionally screaming when picked up. I s pent some few minutes examining him, and noticed a rod-like body e mbedded in the substance
of the triceps muscle, its long axis running at right angles to the shaft of the humerus. He allowed this region to be freely pinched and handled without showing discomfort. The owner readily consented to a radiograph being taken, but as she had to leave town for a week' it was postponed until her return. On September 28 I again saw him. The scapulo-humeral region was now slightly swollen, and gave, on pressure, a crepitating sensation to the fin ger suggestive of emphysema.
./aundice following- Gastro-Enteritis - -Death
609
The radiograph was taken by Dr. Ironside Bruce, and shows a small darning needle lying in the triceps muscle, the point being slightly under the humeral shaft, and the eye some i in. from the posterior margin of the muscle. It was decided to operate, and a guarded prognosis as to the size of the wound was given in view of the fact that foreign bodies evident by radiograph are sometimes not readily exposed on section. Luckily, on manipulation whilst the muscles were relaxed under chloroform, the point of the needle was felt to impinge upon the humeral shaft, and by continuing digital pressure upon the posterior margin of the muscle the obtuse end of the needle was made to travel towards a small incision which had been made in the skin, and extracted by the aid of forceps . All swelling had subsided by the forty-eighth hour, and the patient made an excellent recovery.
JAUNDICE FOLLOWING GASTRO-ENTERITIS.-DEATH. BY E DG AR RELC HER , M. R. C . \' ,S., KE NSINGTO N , W.
THE subject of thi s condition was a bulldog, aged 2, who was suspected by the own e r to have been poisoned, and the probability is that this surmise was correc t. The first departure from health was sudden, frequently occurring attacks of vomiting, and this is what led to the suspicion of poisoning. The own er ga ve a dose of castor oil and syrup of buckthorn, which opened the bowels; but the dog could not be persuaded to eat anything for a week, except occasionally a little raw meat. During the whole of this time his bowels never moved, and he very rapidly lost flesh. It was at this stlge when he was brought under our notice, and his symptoms were as follows: His skin, mucous membranes, and eyes were deeply bile-stained, in fact, were quite yellow. The skin was harsh and tight, so much so that it was iq1possible to pinch up a fold over the ribs, and this was so noticeable because the bulldog's skin normally is so loose everywhere. The temperature was roo° F., breathing normal. He looked as if he were only "skin and bone," and instead of his usual happy disposition, was snappy and badtempered. He was listless, and did not like to be touched or to move. Treatmettt.-Owing to his weak condition, it was not advisable to administer a strong purgative, so his bowels were relieved by means of a glycerine enema, and he was given 20 grains of magnes. sulphate and 10 grains of magnes. carbonate every four hours until his bowels were rather relaxed, when half the above doses was continued. A hotwater bath was also ordered him, and there was slight improvement in his condition the next day ; he was livelier, and took a little food; the temperature was normal, and there -was no return of the vomiting. However, two days later, after getting gradually weaker, he died , and the autopsy revealed that the stomach, especially in the neighbourhood of the pylorus, and the first 6 in. of the intestine, were intensely inflamed, the mucous membrane being very much thi cken ed. There was no enteritis in any other part of the bowel. The liver was apparently normal in consistence, but was rather enlarged, and was infiltrated deeply with the biliary pigment. The kidneys, lun gs, heart,