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Recovery in a Dog from Compound Fracture of Upper Jaw and Palate
Compound Fracture in a Dog.
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There was a verminous tumour on the villous portion, and there were a few strongyles (tetracanthus) in the colon. The diaphragm and anterior surface of the liver showed inflammatory exudate, and the liver was of nutmeg appearance. The jejunum and ileum were intensely congested, and the ileum also showed four hour-glass-like constrictions; there was about a pound of small gravel in the sma)) colon. The ulcerated portions of the stomach looked very suspiciously like" kunkur" lesions. I put a portion of the specimen in spirits, but it macerated and prevented me from getting a microscopical examination made.
RECOVERY IN A DOG FROM COMPOUND FRACTURE OF UPPER JAW AND PALATE. BY T. F. PRIME, M.R.C.V.S.
A SMALL retriever bitch was brought to our infirmary by her owner, who stated she had just been run over the head by a heavy twowheeled builders' cart. She was bleeding profusely from the mouth and nose, shaking her head and champing as if she had a bone fixed in her mouth or a tooth loose. After hobbling and placing the patient on the operating table (which I had to do because she was splashing everyone with blood) I stopped the ha!morrhage with warm water. On making an examination of mouth I found that one inch and a quarter of the upper jaw from the first incisor backwards was fractured and driven quite a quarter of an inch inwards, causing the animal great pain; the portion of the upper jaw and palate containing the incisor teeth was broken but not displaced much, and there were wounds in the gums. I elevated the piece of upper jaw by taking hold of the canine tooth with tooth forceps and forcing it outwards till the piece was in its proper position, a course which gave great relief to the patient. I then had a tight leather muzzle fixed on the nose, and the mouth was washed with lotion. The diet consisted of sloppy food. The dog has made a good recovery and now eats well, the wounds in the gums having healed. The portion of the upper ja wand palate containing the incisor teeth is slightly protruding, but is not troubling the animal.
AN I:NTERESTlNG CANINE HERMAPHRODITE. BY JAMES CRAIG, M.A., M.R.C. V.S., PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY, ROYAL VETERINARY COLLE(;E OF IRELAND, AND FREDERICK HOBDAY, F. R.C. V.S., F.R. S.E.
THE subject, a pure bred black pug, was first seen when three months old, the owner stating that the animal had a small, pinkish body protruding from the vulva. The animal appeared, to all external appearances, to be a female, possessing well defined mamma! and a vulva and vagina. Had it not been for this pink body projecting from the vagina, it is probable that no abnormality' would have been suspected.
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There was a verminous tumour on the villous portion, and there were a few strongyles (tetracanthus) in the colon. The diaphragm and anterior surface of the liver showed inflammatory exudate, and the liver was of nutmeg appearance. The jejunum and ileum were intensely congested, and the ileum also showed four hour-glass-like constrictions; there was about a pound of small gravel in the sma)) colon. The ulcerated portions of the stomach looked very suspiciously like" kunkur" lesions. I put a portion of the specimen in spirits, but it macerated and prevented me from getting a microscopical examination made.
RECOVERY IN A DOG FROM COMPOUND FRACTURE OF UPPER JAW AND PALATE. BY T. F. PRIME, M.R.C.V.S.
A SMALL retriever bitch was brought to our infirmary by her owner, who stated she had just been run over the head by a heavy twowheeled builders' cart. She was bleeding profusely from the mouth and nose, shaking her head and champing as if she had a bone fixed in her mouth or a tooth loose. After hobbling and placing the patient on the operating table (which I had to do because she was splashing everyone with blood) I stopped the ha!morrhage with warm water. On making an examination of mouth I found that one inch and a quarter of the upper jaw from the first incisor backwards was fractured and driven quite a quarter of an inch inwards, causing the animal great pain; the portion of the upper jaw and palate containing the incisor teeth was broken but not displaced much, and there were wounds in the gums. I elevated the piece of upper jaw by taking hold of the canine tooth with tooth forceps and forcing it outwards till the piece was in its proper position, a course which gave great relief to the patient. I then had a tight leather muzzle fixed on the nose, and the mouth was washed with lotion. The diet consisted of sloppy food. The dog has made a good recovery and now eats well, the wounds in the gums having healed. The portion of the upper ja wand palate containing the incisor teeth is slightly protruding, but is not troubling the animal.
AN I:NTERESTlNG CANINE HERMAPHRODITE. BY JAMES CRAIG, M.A., M.R.C. V.S., PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY, ROYAL VETERINARY COLLE(;E OF IRELAND, AND FREDERICK HOBDAY, F. R.C. V.S., F.R. S.E.
THE subject, a pure bred black pug, was first seen when three months old, the owner stating that the animal had a small, pinkish body protruding from the vulva. The animal appeared, to all external appearances, to be a female, possessing well defined mamma! and a vulva and vagina. Had it not been for this pink body projecting from the vagina, it is probable that no abnormality' would have been suspected.