is as small as a grain of coffee, or even smaller, and fast to 

 the kidney, and in a sack, at the lowest forward end of the 

 uterus. Tear the ovary sack and all loose and up with the 

 right finger nail. Then the uterus is strong enough to lift 

 the ovary up to the opening. Now put your artery fore- 

 ceps on, and pinch all attachments half an inch from the 

 ovary, and cut the ovary off with small scissors, and 

 leave foreceps on, holding all hemorrhage shut off, until 

 you need them on the other ovary, and pinch it the same 

 way until you clip the other ovary off with your scissors. 

 Be sure to get it all, and one-half inch of the uterus be- 

 sides. If you do not have clasping foreceps wax a small 

 strong string, and tie it for two minutes, tight, but remove 

 the waxed string and then sew up. 



I like to sew up with the uninterrupted suture, with that 

 six inch crooked needle, you can hold it so well, and a 

 good string in it; commence at the lower end and secure 

 the peritoneum as well as the skin, and adjust the stitches 

 before you fasten the top stitches. If the bitch is pregnant, 

 I think she can be spayed safely and with less trouble. 

 Instead of the trouble as in finding uterus and pup's, you 

 find, with no delay, uterus, pups, and all, and draw them 

 all out and detach the ovary sacks with your finger nail 

 from below, and a two pound pull up on the other hand, 

 until all are outside, and loose on both sides; then ligate 

 all fatt>' attachments with the vagina, one inch above the 

 mouth of the uturus, tightly, and cut off and take out the 

 whole uterus, pups, ovaries, and attachments. I find they 

 do well in recovering. I have lost two bitches by my neg- 

 lect to sew up tightly enough, and the bowels came out 

 the next day. I think it much better to have them empty 



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