. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Dogs. 70 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS. The stenosis of the bowel that is caused by the injection of for- eign bodies is best treated with laxatives and not with purgatives; and, if a positive diagnosis has been made, it is best to perform laparotomy with enterotomy as soon as possible, and not to wait until gangreue and peritonitis have set in. According to Siedamgrotzky, enterotomy is performed in the following manner: Make an incision on the linea alba, and, having located the part of the intestine, pull it through the opening and hold the li
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Dogs. 70 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS. The stenosis of the bowel that is caused by the injection of for- eign bodies is best treated with laxatives and not with purgatives; and, if a positive diagnosis has been made, it is best to perform laparotomy with enterotomy as soon as possible, and not to wait until gangreue and peritonitis have set in. According to Siedamgrotzky, enterotomy is performed in the following manner: Make an incision on the linea alba, and, having located the part of the intestine, pull it through the opening and hold the lips of the wound together. Make the cut longitudinally on the intestinal line, remove the foreign body and prevent at the same time any of the fluids escaping into the abdominal cavity. The operator now takes a fine curved needle and fine catgut and puts in a number of stitches through the muscular and serous tissues, taking care not to go through the mucous membrane, so that when the thread is tightened the two edges of the cut will be brought so as to face into the intestine; these are tied, and another line of stitches is made Fig. J/ Suture of the intestines. over the first, as is illustrated in the accompanying cut (Fig. 19). The intestine is returned to the cavity, and the wound sewed up with silk and dressed with an antiseptic dressing. The opening of the abdominal cavity is also to be performed in cases where we can recognize a total constriction of the bowels. In all those cases where the anatomical cause of the disease cannot be clearly established we have no other way to proceed than to treat the symptoms as they present themselves—that is, to give purgatives, or, if there are great irritation and fever, give opium or morphine; but in any case do not neglect to give plenty of watery clysters. The general treatment must be directed toward keeping up the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced fo
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