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                                                           APPENDIX XVI.

Statement showing the operations performed in the Bengal Veterinary Institution during the
                                                               year 1897-98.

Serial number.

OPERATIONS.

NUMBER OF OPERATIONS PERFORMED ON—

REMARKS.

Horses
and
ponies.

Cattle.

Dogs.

Sheep
and
goats.

Total.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

Amputation, tail ... ...

1

3

...

...

4

2

Ditto, penis ... ...

1

...

...

...

1

3

Ditto, metatarsus ... ...

...

2

...

...

2

4

Ditto, uterus ... ...

...

1

...

...

1

5

Ditto, digit ... ...

...

3

...

...

3

6

Operating or bursatti ulcers ...

17

...

...

...

17

7

Ditto foot for canker ...

6

...

...

...

6

8

Ditto warty growths on neck ...

...

4

...

...

4

9

Castrations ... ... ...

28

...

...

...

28

10

Clamping sand cracks ... ...

2

...

...

...

2

11

Caesarian sections ... ...

...

1

...

...

1

12

Dental ... ... ...

4

...

...

..

4

13

Firing tendons ... ...

2

...

...

...

2

14

Do. exostoses ... ...

3

...

...

...

3

15

Neurectomy ... ... ...

6

...

...

...

6

16

Opening abscesses ... ...

17

25

3

3

48

17

Do. sinuses and fistulæ ...

23

11

...

...

34

18

Paracenthesis abdominis ... ...

...

...

2

...

2

19

Passing the probang ... ...

1

...

...

...

1

20

Removal of scirrhous cord ...

1

...

...

...

1

21

Do., of tumours ... ...

13

47

4

...

64

22

Do., of filaria oculi ... ...

3

...

...

...

3

23

Do., of fœtus (assisted parturi-
tion).

...

1

3

2

6

24

Do., of eye-ball ... ...

...

...

1

...

1

25

Reducing dislocations ... ...

2

...

...

...

2

26

Do. prolapsus (vagina) ...

1

1

...

...

2

27

Setoning ... ... ...

4

...

...

...

4

28

Smith's operations for "sidebone" and
laminitis.

3

...

...

...

3

29

Stretching contracted tendons ...

2

...

...

...

2

30

Suturing wounds ... ...

11

1

...

1

13

31

Urethrotomy ... ... ...

...

1

...

1

2

Total ...

151

101

13

7

272

                                                                                                         F. RAYMOND, F.R.C.V.S.,

                                                                                                                                   Superintendent.

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