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Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

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RUPTURE OF THE (ESOPHAGUS. 285<br />

by means of tapes. This was done for a few days, when a larger<br />

probang was used. The food accumulated less frequently, and, soon<br />

after, ceased to accumulate at all.<br />

" RUPTCRK OF THE (ESOPHAGUS.<br />

In cases of laceration, or rupture of the gullet, which too frequently<br />

follow the violent attempts of unskillful persons to force down the<br />

obstructing body, something might be done if the mischief were<br />

immediately ascertained. Prudence, however, would dictate the<br />

sacrifice, of the animal, while it could be fairly sold to the butcher.<br />

If the cure be undertaken, the part must be opened—the foreign<br />

body liberated from the cellular texture into which it had probably<br />

been driven all the dirt and indigested matter cleared carefully<br />

away the ragged and lacerated edges cut off—the divided portions

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