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Dislocation of the Eyeball in a Dog
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had entirely healed up, the s~ellings gone, and the animal had completely reco vered. Later, the animal was put to work, and is now doing well. Nelllarlls.- Th e first point one is likely to notice in the case is its dmation. The affection lasted from the beginning of September to November 10 . In the second place, an appa rent improvement res ulted shortly after the injection of the serum, but it did not prevent the development of abscesses. In the third place, a period of about forty-nine days elapsed between the injection of the serum a nd the poi nting of the last abscess, and twenty-three days passed before the swelling on the left parotid region began to point. The exp lanation of this slow development is that probably the serum did produce a certain immunizing effect which permitted the animal to resist the in vading organisms for a time, but was not sufficient to co mpletely dest roy or get rid of these organisms without the ultimate formation of abscesses. Here again the last abscesses which did form were among the largest noted in this case. Lastly, it may be said that th e above was not a typical else of strangles. The animal was old, the t~mperatllre was never high, there was 110 discharge from the nose, and many of the abscesses, most of the primary ones, were not de\'eloped in connection with the lymphatic glands, but only in the subcutan eous tissue. However that may be, the infection was one of strangles streptococci, and the reason that serum was llsed at all was that the case appeared to be such a bad one, and the abscesses were so numerous. It is claimed for the serum that it will always prove successful provided the lymphatic g lands are n ot already extensi vely purulent. It is quite possible that exc eption may therefore be taken to the results recorded in this instance. DISLOCATION OF THE EYEBALL IN A DOG. BY
J. F. CRAI G , M.A.,
~I.R. C.
V.S., PROFESSOR IN THE ROYAl. VET ERIKARY COLLEGE OF I RELAND, DUBLIN.
ON No ve mb er 21 last, a chocolate-coloured Pomeranian clog, aged about 2, was brought into the Royal Veterinary College of Ireland. The left eyeball protruded out of its socket in front of the eyelids, and the conjun ct iva, e3pecially over the sclerotic, was swollen and intensely congested. The cornea was dim. The dog objected to manipulation of the eyeball. Histol'y.-The owner of the dog stated that the above condition was the result of an accide~t which had occurred the previous day. A la.rge c.ol h~ dog with which the Pomeranian had been playing shuck him with Its paw over the eye. After the occurrence the irritation appea red to be \'ery great, for it was only with difficulty that the patient was prevented from damaging the protruded eyeball with his fore-paws. Tl'eatlllwt.-The conjunctiva was mJistened with a few drops of a 4 per cent. s olution of cocaine hydrochloride to produce local ana=sthesia. It was then washed with a lukewarm solution of boracic acid in water (20 g rai ns to the ounce) to remove the dirt and relieve the congestion. A little castor-oil was then applied, and an attempt made to
The Veterinary Journal. manipulate the eye back into its socket. The palpebral fissure, however, was too small to permit of reduction in this way. An incision was therefore made with a probe-pointed pair of scissors, through the skin and conjuncti va for about i in. outwards from the temporal canthus. Then the eyeball was easily put back in position. The incision was sutured by a continuous suture of silver wire, a pad of gauze and cotton put over the eye, and kept in position by a banda ge . The eye was afterwards treated twice daily with a collyrium of~ Acid. boracici.. . gr. xv. Ext. belladonn
SPINAL FRACTURE \ iV ITHO U T BY E. A. RYAN, M.R.C. V.S., STROKESTOWN,
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DISPLACEMENT. ROSCOMMON, IRELAND.
HAVIN G read a case reported by Professor Wooldridge and Mr. Chatterley in the November number of the VETERINARY JO UR NAL, I thought the following might be of interest. A big, lumbering, 16-hands, untrained, half-bred gelding, aged 3, -one of four to be fired. Being unhandled, and consequently very wild, and having a roach back, I did not at all like putting him down, especially as he had only one small curb. I pointed this out to the owner, but he would have him fired; so I preferred casting to doing him standing, as he mildly suggested. I had him out in a field, where I had just cast three others, and put him down without any trouble; in fact, he came down much easier than any of the others. I fired him on the two hocks-which I usually do. It keeps one hock from "laughing at the other. " I also think it a wise thing to do, especially in a horse of this age, as it is often the case that a curb de velops on the other hock during the next year or two of life; and besides, they are more saleable when fired on both when there is any sign of curbs. While firing, he struggled a good deal, and continued to do so till I let him up. He got up almost immediately, without the least trouble, and, being allowed to join his comrades in the same field, he galloped over to where they were, and continued to gallop with them for some time, till they settled down and commenced to feed. I saw the horses again about four hours after, and everything seemed quite right; in fact, when I tried to get near them, they commenced to gallop round the field again, and this one went as well as any of th em. Next morning I had a wire saying he was stiff, and askin g me to to see him. When I saw him he could move quite well in a straight line, but when turning he had lost power of co-ordination of movement in his hind limbs. I made no manual examination, as I considered the stiffness was due to muscular strain. I told the owner to put him in a small field with a donkey to keep him quiet, and let me know how
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had entirely healed up, the s~ellings gone, and the animal had completely reco vered. Later, the animal was put to work, and is now doing well. Nelllarlls.- Th e first point one is likely to notice in the case is its dmation. The affection lasted from the beginning of September to November 10 . In the second place, an appa rent improvement res ulted shortly after the injection of the serum, but it did not prevent the development of abscesses. In the third place, a period of about forty-nine days elapsed between the injection of the serum a nd the poi nting of the last abscess, and twenty-three days passed before the swelling on the left parotid region began to point. The exp lanation of this slow development is that probably the serum did produce a certain immunizing effect which permitted the animal to resist the in vading organisms for a time, but was not sufficient to co mpletely dest roy or get rid of these organisms without the ultimate formation of abscesses. Here again the last abscesses which did form were among the largest noted in this case. Lastly, it may be said that th e above was not a typical else of strangles. The animal was old, the t~mperatllre was never high, there was 110 discharge from the nose, and many of the abscesses, most of the primary ones, were not de\'eloped in connection with the lymphatic glands, but only in the subcutan eous tissue. However that may be, the infection was one of strangles streptococci, and the reason that serum was llsed at all was that the case appeared to be such a bad one, and the abscesses were so numerous. It is claimed for the serum that it will always prove successful provided the lymphatic g lands are n ot already extensi vely purulent. It is quite possible that exc eption may therefore be taken to the results recorded in this instance. DISLOCATION OF THE EYEBALL IN A DOG. BY
J. F. CRAI G , M.A.,
~I.R. C.
V.S., PROFESSOR IN THE ROYAl. VET ERIKARY COLLEGE OF I RELAND, DUBLIN.
ON No ve mb er 21 last, a chocolate-coloured Pomeranian clog, aged about 2, was brought into the Royal Veterinary College of Ireland. The left eyeball protruded out of its socket in front of the eyelids, and the conjun ct iva, e3pecially over the sclerotic, was swollen and intensely congested. The cornea was dim. The dog objected to manipulation of the eyeball. Histol'y.-The owner of the dog stated that the above condition was the result of an accide~t which had occurred the previous day. A la.rge c.ol h~ dog with which the Pomeranian had been playing shuck him with Its paw over the eye. After the occurrence the irritation appea red to be \'ery great, for it was only with difficulty that the patient was prevented from damaging the protruded eyeball with his fore-paws. Tl'eatlllwt.-The conjunctiva was mJistened with a few drops of a 4 per cent. s olution of cocaine hydrochloride to produce local ana=sthesia. It was then washed with a lukewarm solution of boracic acid in water (20 g rai ns to the ounce) to remove the dirt and relieve the congestion. A little castor-oil was then applied, and an attempt made to
The Veterinary Journal. manipulate the eye back into its socket. The palpebral fissure, however, was too small to permit of reduction in this way. An incision was therefore made with a probe-pointed pair of scissors, through the skin and conjuncti va for about i in. outwards from the temporal canthus. Then the eyeball was easily put back in position. The incision was sutured by a continuous suture of silver wire, a pad of gauze and cotton put over the eye, and kept in position by a banda ge . The eye was afterwards treated twice daily with a collyrium of~ Acid. boracici.. . gr. xv. Ext. belladonn
SPINAL FRACTURE \ iV ITHO U T BY E. A. RYAN, M.R.C. V.S., STROKESTOWN,
co.
DISPLACEMENT. ROSCOMMON, IRELAND.
HAVIN G read a case reported by Professor Wooldridge and Mr. Chatterley in the November number of the VETERINARY JO UR NAL, I thought the following might be of interest. A big, lumbering, 16-hands, untrained, half-bred gelding, aged 3, -one of four to be fired. Being unhandled, and consequently very wild, and having a roach back, I did not at all like putting him down, especially as he had only one small curb. I pointed this out to the owner, but he would have him fired; so I preferred casting to doing him standing, as he mildly suggested. I had him out in a field, where I had just cast three others, and put him down without any trouble; in fact, he came down much easier than any of the others. I fired him on the two hocks-which I usually do. It keeps one hock from "laughing at the other. " I also think it a wise thing to do, especially in a horse of this age, as it is often the case that a curb de velops on the other hock during the next year or two of life; and besides, they are more saleable when fired on both when there is any sign of curbs. While firing, he struggled a good deal, and continued to do so till I let him up. He got up almost immediately, without the least trouble, and, being allowed to join his comrades in the same field, he galloped over to where they were, and continued to gallop with them for some time, till they settled down and commenced to feed. I saw the horses again about four hours after, and everything seemed quite right; in fact, when I tried to get near them, they commenced to gallop round the field again, and this one went as well as any of th em. Next morning I had a wire saying he was stiff, and askin g me to to see him. When I saw him he could move quite well in a straight line, but when turning he had lost power of co-ordination of movement in his hind limbs. I made no manual examination, as I considered the stiffness was due to muscular strain. I told the owner to put him in a small field with a donkey to keep him quiet, and let me know how