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Results of Autopsies on 125 Horses That Died of Colic in Berne
Colic in Berne. and cont inuously di scharged a little se ro -sanguineous fluid . An explorat ory incision was made through the wall of the hoof ju st be low the directon of a probe which could be passed in from the top of the co ronet. As a re sult , and after some cons iderabl e manipulati on, the pointed end o f the stick wa s seized and withdra\\·n.
Piece of \.yood removed fro m J [ orsc's Il oo i (actual size ).
The wound was treated anti septically and soon healed . The chief points of interest are the length of time it had been present without severe purulent infection, ~nd the slight amount of lameness, when one co nsiders the size of the piece of stick and the positi on in the horny hoof.
RESULTS OF AuTOPSIES O:\" 125 HORSES THAT DIED OF COLIC IN BERNE. By DR. A. REINHARDT. Cirllsheil/l·a R h. FROM post-mortems on 12 5 horse s dying of colic in Berne, Reinhardt established the followin g causes of death: In ]8 cases, gastro-ente riti s; 7 cases, overloading of stomach; I case, stoppage of ileum ; I case, stoppage of rectum; 3 cases, stoppage of intestine through fcecal excretions; I case, stoppage o f the colon through cicatrices ; IS cases, ruptures of the stomach; 2 ca ses, ruptures of the ileum; 7 cases, ruptures of the colon; I case, rupture of the rectum; 2 cases, volvulus of th e duodenum ; I I cases, volvulu s of the who le small intestine; 9 cases, volvulus of the ileum; 24 cases, volvulus of the colon; 2 cases, volvulus of the small co lon ; 2 cases, vo lvulu s of the small intestine and colon; 4 cases, invagination of the small intestine; IO cases, incarceration of intestinal segment s. A comparison of the findings at Berne with those in Berlin
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are in structive. O f 428 cases in Berlin 15.18 per cent . of fatalities were due to stoppage of the colon and c~cum, whilst such cases in Berne were not seen. In large town s and in nei ghbo urhoods where dry feeding exclusively prevails stoppag e of the intestine is a much more frequent ca use of death tha n in nei g hbourhoods in which dry feeding is alternated with g reen food .-Deutsche tierar:;t. Wach.
A BITCH.
By G. MAYALL, M.R.C.Y.S. Boll oll.
THE patient was an Airedale terrier bitch, which had been g radually going thinner for some months. O'n examination when standing and putting on the back an elong ated body not unlike a sausage-skin filled with pebbles could be found and manipulated in the stomach re g ion a nd small bowel. The bitch was kept without food for twel ve hour s, a hypodermi c injecti on of 1 g r. of morphia was give n, and half an hour afterward s she was put on the operating-table and chloroformed. Laparotomy was then performed, and the sau sage-shaped body felt for ; it was found to be the stomach and about four inches of bowel leadin g from it. T he stomach was opened, and a wonderful sig ht came to view , . consistin g of about 160 particle s of different hard a nd so ft substances. A round piece of wool, a piece of india-rubber, cottonthread, small bones (very numerous), and two or three little stones, being among the forei g n bodies found . A large openin g had to be made to clear out the contents of the stomac h and bowel, and the organs were repeatedly washed in warm chinosol solution to cleanse them and afterwards sutured in the usual manner. The abdominal wall (skin , muscle , and peritoneum) wa s sutured , and the wound covered with iodoform collodion. I did not expect the bitch to live, and she died in the ni g ht, after coming round well from the an~sthetic. It was remarkable that she should have carried all the se foreign bodies in her without any acute sig ns of pain and with nothing but gradually increasing loss of flesh . Her owner stated that up to the time she was 18 months old she always played a bout and probably swallowed any foreign articles she came
Piece of \.yood removed fro m J [ orsc's Il oo i (actual size ).
The wound was treated anti septically and soon healed . The chief points of interest are the length of time it had been present without severe purulent infection, ~nd the slight amount of lameness, when one co nsiders the size of the piece of stick and the positi on in the horny hoof.
RESULTS OF AuTOPSIES O:\" 125 HORSES THAT DIED OF COLIC IN BERNE. By DR. A. REINHARDT. Cirllsheil/l·a R h. FROM post-mortems on 12 5 horse s dying of colic in Berne, Reinhardt established the followin g causes of death: In ]8 cases, gastro-ente riti s; 7 cases, overloading of stomach; I case, stoppage of ileum ; I case, stoppage of rectum; 3 cases, stoppage of intestine through fcecal excretions; I case, stoppage o f the colon through cicatrices ; IS cases, ruptures of the stomach; 2 ca ses, ruptures of the ileum; 7 cases, ruptures of the colon; I case, rupture of the rectum; 2 cases, volvulus of th e duodenum ; I I cases, volvulu s of the who le small intestine; 9 cases, volvulus of the ileum; 24 cases, volvulus of the colon; 2 cases, volvulus of the small co lon ; 2 cases, vo lvulu s of the small intestine and colon; 4 cases, invagination of the small intestine; IO cases, incarceration of intestinal segment s. A comparison of the findings at Berne with those in Berlin
The Veterinary
:1 ournal.
are in structive. O f 428 cases in Berlin 15.18 per cent . of fatalities were due to stoppage of the colon and c~cum, whilst such cases in Berne were not seen. In large town s and in nei ghbo urhoods where dry feeding exclusively prevails stoppag e of the intestine is a much more frequent ca use of death tha n in nei g hbourhoods in which dry feeding is alternated with g reen food .-Deutsche tierar:;t. Wach.
A BITCH.
By G. MAYALL, M.R.C.Y.S. Boll oll.
THE patient was an Airedale terrier bitch, which had been g radually going thinner for some months. O'n examination when standing and putting on the back an elong ated body not unlike a sausage-skin filled with pebbles could be found and manipulated in the stomach re g ion a nd small bowel. The bitch was kept without food for twel ve hour s, a hypodermi c injecti on of 1 g r. of morphia was give n, and half an hour afterward s she was put on the operating-table and chloroformed. Laparotomy was then performed, and the sau sage-shaped body felt for ; it was found to be the stomach and about four inches of bowel leadin g from it. T he stomach was opened, and a wonderful sig ht came to view , . consistin g of about 160 particle s of different hard a nd so ft substances. A round piece of wool, a piece of india-rubber, cottonthread, small bones (very numerous), and two or three little stones, being among the forei g n bodies found . A large openin g had to be made to clear out the contents of the stomac h and bowel, and the organs were repeatedly washed in warm chinosol solution to cleanse them and afterwards sutured in the usual manner. The abdominal wall (skin , muscle , and peritoneum) wa s sutured , and the wound covered with iodoform collodion. I did not expect the bitch to live, and she died in the ni g ht, after coming round well from the an~sthetic. It was remarkable that she should have carried all the se foreign bodies in her without any acute sig ns of pain and with nothing but gradually increasing loss of flesh . Her owner stated that up to the time she was 18 months old she always played a bout and probably swallowed any foreign articles she came