. Manual of operative veterinary surgery. Veterinary surgery. 384 OPERATIONS ON THE DIGESTIVE APPABATUS. the effusion, has been successfrilly added as a means of preventing the return of the fluid. In selecting the place where the operation is to be performed, Brogniez, Degives, Peuch and Toussadnt advised the middle of the linea alba, at an equal distance from the xiphoid cartilage of the sternum and the anterior border of the pubis; Zundel, on the coiitrary, recommends " a puncture on the right side in rumiuants, on the left in horses, on a point at an equal distance between the umbiUou
. Manual of operative veterinary surgery. Veterinary surgery. 384 OPERATIONS ON THE DIGESTIVE APPABATUS. the effusion, has been successfrilly added as a means of preventing the return of the fluid. In selecting the place where the operation is to be performed, Brogniez, Degives, Peuch and Toussadnt advised the middle of the linea alba, at an equal distance from the xiphoid cartilage of the sternum and the anterior border of the pubis; Zundel, on the coiitrary, recommends " a puncture on the right side in rumiuants, on the left in horses, on a point at an equal distance between the umbiUous and the external angle of the Uium, about on a Hne run- ning from the stifle towards the cartilage of the last ; He adds, however, "to select the point where the liquid is most de- tectable and fluctuation better ; A trocar of the size of a quill for large animals, and an aspirator for the small, are the only instruments required. In operating on large animals, they are kept standing, while small animals are laid upon a table and placed slightly on their backs. Placing himself on the left side of the animal, after having selected the place where the puncture is to be made, the operator, holding the trocar. Fio. 371.—Holding the Trocar in ParacentlieBls. full in his hand and hmiting its action by keeping his fingers a short distance from the point of the instrument, pushes it by a rapid and firm pressure through the thickness of the abdominal walls, unto, he feels that he has overcome their resistance, and that the instrument has passed into the cavity. The trocar is then withdrawn from its canula and the fluid escapes through the tube. Director Degives describes another modus operandi, which he caUs subcutaneous, in which the opening of the skin does not cor- respond with the division of the deeper musoiilar layers, and by which the opening becomes covered by the skin. To effect this the skin is drawn a little aside, then punctured, or a large fold o
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