. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. OI'KHA'l' 461 the trocliai- and canimla upon a level with the stilie, and below the large Pluni;e it in and, withdrawing the troehar, leave the can- nula to carry off the gas. If excrement gets into the hole, insert a small l)rol)c and push it away. This may be repeated, if necessary, always using a small troehar, (one about a rcd, wiicn liie ends will extend, grow together again, and thus repair the excision. This operation, called tenotomy, is most commonly practiced on the tendon


. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. OI'KHA'l' 461 the trocliai- and canimla upon a level with the stilie, and below the large Pluni;e it in and, withdrawing the troehar, leave the can- nula to carry off the gas. If excrement gets into the hole, insert a small l)rol)c and push it away. This may be repeated, if necessary, always using a small troehar, (one about a rcd, wiicn liie ends will extend, grow together again, and thus repair the excision. This operation, called tenotomy, is most commonly practiced on the tendon of the leg, and about midway between the knee and feflock. Insert the knife across the tendons, witii the blade on its side ; let it go jusi to the skin on llic other side, but not through it; then turn tlu^ etlgc towards the outer pai't of the leg and saw away, taking care not to cut the skin at the i)ack of the leg. When the tendons are severed, break up the adhesions by bending the leg across your 1 ing as a simple wound. XXI. Tracheotomy. This consists in the insertion of a tulx^ into the trachea or windpipe, to prevent death from threatened suffocation. The tul)e ought to l)e of sijvei-, l)ut in the absence of that, on<! made of tin will, in the writer's opinion, answer every purpose ; it should be three quarters of an inch or an inch in diameter, curved so as to slip into thi^ windpipe easily, with a i)late of the same mate- rial on the end to tie to the neck, in order to keep it in place. ()i)cn the skin by an incision al)out two inches long, at a point eiirht inches below the throat; divide t he muscles, and lay. PERFORMING TRACnEOTOMY. nee. Dicss the wound in the skin, treat-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog]


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