1.
SV X-RAY MACHINE IS WHEELED TOWARDS COW
0.10

2.
SCU LIGHT ON AREA OF COW'S STOMACH TO BE X-RAYED
0.13

3.
CU DITTO.
0.16

4.
SCU MAN HOLDS X-RAY PLATE ON OTHER SIDE OF COW PAN UP TO MACHINE.
0.24

5.
SV ZOOM IN.... RADIOGRAPHER OPERATES CONTROLS
0.29

6.
CU COW'S HEAD.
0.31

7.
SCU X-RAY PLATE SHOWING WATCH
0.35

8.
CU DITTO.
0.39

9.
SCU COW'S HIDE IS SHAVED PRIOR TO INJECTION AND OPERATION
0.43

10.
CU DITTO.
0.46

11.
SCU COW'S HEAD.
0.50

12.
SCU LOCAL ANAESTHETIC ADMINISTERED BY HYPODERMIC SYRINGE
0.57

13.
SCU COW'S HEAD.
1.00

14.
SCU HANDS AT COW'S FLANK DURING OPERATION
1.07

15.
CU DITTO WATCH IS REMOVED
1.12

16.
CU WATCH IS CLEANED
1.16

17.
SCU WATCH ONTO MAN'S WRIST.
1.22



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Background: A COW ON A FARM AT FAXES, SOUTHERN DENMARK, CARRIED THE TIME AROUND WITH HER FOR 18 MONTHS BEFORE SHE BECAME ILL AND WAS X-RAYED. THE PHOTOGRAPH CLEARLY SHOWED THE CAUSED OF HER TROUBLE - A MAN'S WRIST-WATCH WAS LODGED IN SECURELY IN THE STOMACH.

A LOCAL ANAESTHETIC, A SMALL OPERATION - AND THE FARMER WAS ABLE TO USE HIS WATCH AGAIN. THE HARD TONGUE FOR A COW IS SOMETIMES UNABLE TO FEEL A NAIL OF OTHER METALLIC OBJECTS, I WAS RARELY THAT THE VETERINARY SURGEON HAD DISCOVERED HE HAD TIME ON HIS HANDS.