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Obscure Lameness in the Dog
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&reat satisfaction to the client. The following is a typical case. On October J st la st, called to a. t wo- year-old Shorthorn heifer , said to h ave a rattlin g in t he throat. H eifer othe rwise all right. Advi sed a wa it a nd see poli cy . The noise in the throat gradually incr eased, until she began to snore b a dly and cou g h when feedin g , and breath e th rough h er mouth , her cheeks puffing out with e ach expir a tion. I wa s certain then there was an a bs cess in the throa t, and told th e own er . so. After fastin g twelve hour 3 we cast her by the Russa n method, and chloroformed h er. Puttin g a Revela tion mouthgag in h er mouth, I could eas ily fe el the ab sces s in the r oof of the pharynx. This I s plIt fr om e nd t o e nd, m a king a g ood openin g, with . a Pa rm el' :\1ile s' hook ed castratin g knife , and let out about } pint of thick fa: tid pus , som e comin g out of the mouth a nd the othe r fr om the nostrils. When the heifer got up she h ad prac.ti cally ce a sed snoring. Made an uninte rrupted recovery, and was eventually sold. I mu ch nrefer to chloroform , as th e a nimal doe s not stru ggle, and there is less fear of asphyx ia. or g ettin g your hand oodly bitten should the g ag slip . I have neve r yet found a snore r th a t would pass the tuberculin t es t , 5 0 the a bs cess is eyidently of tuberculin origin . OBSCU RE LAMENESS IN THE DOG. B ~'
C . YATE S, F .R. C.V.S., H arrow.
THE fir s t ca se, a n aged fox terri ~ r havin g been knocked over by a motor car, I found upon examInation to show all the sympto ms of r a dia.l paraly sis as met with in . th e horse . The elbow of the left foreleg wa s drcpped, and lower than its fellow of the opposite side; the carp:.1S was extended, and there was complete inability to maintain weight on that side, whilst there was not the slighte st e vidence of pain on m a nipulation. The case was under treatment for about six weeks without any improvement, the sca pula r and caput muscles wasting away, the animal un able to use the lirnb, simply carrying it durin g prog ression . As the annual was an old favourite, and the condition not a painful on e, the owner decided to let
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it take its cour<; e, a nd it is to-day, after a period of about S iX month s, exactly in the same condition, and suffers nothing in ·consequen ce . The second case occurred in a fox terrier, a lso a n aged one, but affecting the near hine! leg. It was inadvertently t rodden upon by its owner, a very heavy man, and showed immedia t e signs of lameness and pa in. rl 'he latter soon pas sed off, but the leg became quite powerless, and dropped on that sid e; the muscles in time wasted away, the bony Similarl.v in this case treatmen t skeleton being well outlined. proved of no avail. R c marks .- In neither case, after mo st carefu l and freque nt examination cou ld J. fracture be detected, the damage, in my opinion, implicat in g an important nerve, although in the lat ter case, after being under treatment for about two months, a so-called veterinary chemist was said to r.ave diagnosed a fract ure, which h ad it been attended to ,~ arlie r would have resulted in complete recovery. Fortunately, in both instan ces , I was very guarded as to prognosis, and probably the a dvan ced age in both cases was responsible for their non-recovery.
General Articles . . URINARY CALCULI \IVITH A REPORT OF SIX CASES OPERATED AT TI-IE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. By J. H. SiN OOK. THE normal urine cont ains several salt s in solution and undN a bnormal conditions. (Lithuria) may contain an excess of th e norma.l ,salts and possibly others n Oit co mmonly found in t he unne. Depending on conditions, anyone or more of these salts may be precipitated and deposited in the form of urinary calculi. A: nucleus is necessary for the beginning of a calculu s and this may be a mass of mucus, cell debris, blood clot, or other substance. On 01- in thi s nucleu s the firslt precipitated salt s a rc deposited a nd from this beginning it continues to grow by ac rl 'he r ate of growth, which :s at all times slow, is in cretion . accordance wi th the amou nt of sa lt s present in the urin e, and as this amount va rie s greatly at times the rate of growth necessarilv varies. The variation in the kind of salts in the urine
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&reat satisfaction to the client. The following is a typical case. On October J st la st, called to a. t wo- year-old Shorthorn heifer , said to h ave a rattlin g in t he throat. H eifer othe rwise all right. Advi sed a wa it a nd see poli cy . The noise in the throat gradually incr eased, until she began to snore b a dly and cou g h when feedin g , and breath e th rough h er mouth , her cheeks puffing out with e ach expir a tion. I wa s certain then there was an a bs cess in the throa t, and told th e own er . so. After fastin g twelve hour 3 we cast her by the Russa n method, and chloroformed h er. Puttin g a Revela tion mouthgag in h er mouth, I could eas ily fe el the ab sces s in the r oof of the pharynx. This I s plIt fr om e nd t o e nd, m a king a g ood openin g, with . a Pa rm el' :\1ile s' hook ed castratin g knife , and let out about } pint of thick fa: tid pus , som e comin g out of the mouth a nd the othe r fr om the nostrils. When the heifer got up she h ad prac.ti cally ce a sed snoring. Made an uninte rrupted recovery, and was eventually sold. I mu ch nrefer to chloroform , as th e a nimal doe s not stru ggle, and there is less fear of asphyx ia. or g ettin g your hand oodly bitten should the g ag slip . I have neve r yet found a snore r th a t would pass the tuberculin t es t , 5 0 the a bs cess is eyidently of tuberculin origin . OBSCU RE LAMENESS IN THE DOG. B ~'
C . YATE S, F .R. C.V.S., H arrow.
THE fir s t ca se, a n aged fox terri ~ r havin g been knocked over by a motor car, I found upon examInation to show all the sympto ms of r a dia.l paraly sis as met with in . th e horse . The elbow of the left foreleg wa s drcpped, and lower than its fellow of the opposite side; the carp:.1S was extended, and there was complete inability to maintain weight on that side, whilst there was not the slighte st e vidence of pain on m a nipulation. The case was under treatment for about six weeks without any improvement, the sca pula r and caput muscles wasting away, the animal un able to use the lirnb, simply carrying it durin g prog ression . As the annual was an old favourite, and the condition not a painful on e, the owner decided to let
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it take its cour<; e, a nd it is to-day, after a period of about S iX month s, exactly in the same condition, and suffers nothing in ·consequen ce . The second case occurred in a fox terrier, a lso a n aged one, but affecting the near hine! leg. It was inadvertently t rodden upon by its owner, a very heavy man, and showed immedia t e signs of lameness and pa in. rl 'he latter soon pas sed off, but the leg became quite powerless, and dropped on that sid e; the muscles in time wasted away, the bony Similarl.v in this case treatmen t skeleton being well outlined. proved of no avail. R c marks .- In neither case, after mo st carefu l and freque nt examination cou ld J. fracture be detected, the damage, in my opinion, implicat in g an important nerve, although in the lat ter case, after being under treatment for about two months, a so-called veterinary chemist was said to r.ave diagnosed a fract ure, which h ad it been attended to ,~ arlie r would have resulted in complete recovery. Fortunately, in both instan ces , I was very guarded as to prognosis, and probably the a dvan ced age in both cases was responsible for their non-recovery.
General Articles . . URINARY CALCULI \IVITH A REPORT OF SIX CASES OPERATED AT TI-IE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. By J. H. SiN OOK. THE normal urine cont ains several salt s in solution and undN a bnormal conditions. (Lithuria) may contain an excess of th e norma.l ,salts and possibly others n Oit co mmonly found in t he unne. Depending on conditions, anyone or more of these salts may be precipitated and deposited in the form of urinary calculi. A: nucleus is necessary for the beginning of a calculu s and this may be a mass of mucus, cell debris, blood clot, or other substance. On 01- in thi s nucleu s the firslt precipitated salt s a rc deposited a nd from this beginning it continues to grow by ac rl 'he r ate of growth, which :s at all times slow, is in cretion . accordance wi th the amou nt of sa lt s present in the urin e, and as this amount va rie s greatly at times the rate of growth necessarilv varies. The variation in the kind of salts in the urine