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for at least eighteen hours before operating, so the bowels will 

 not be full. 



Some recommend hanging a bitch up by the hind legs, ami 

 others strap them upon a rack, but we prefer putting tlirm to 

 sleep on a table by the use of 1 part chloroform and 2 parts sul- 

 phuric ether. If the bitch is large and strong, tie her legs Mini 

 muzzle her, so she can't bite. If a small bitch, one man can hold 

 her legs. Saturate a small, new sponge with the anaesthetic 

 (chloroform and ether), put it down in a funnel made of tough 

 paper, and shove her head down into the funnel and hold it there 

 tight until she goes to sleep. Care should be taken not to give 

 her too much, or she will never wake up. If she stops breathing, 

 take the sponge away and throw water on her head and work JUT 

 front legs. When she is asleep, the hair, if long, should be 

 clipped from the place of operation, which is best done between 

 the last four teats. Wash off the skin with a weak solution of 

 carbolic acid, and with a sharp, perfectly clean lance, cut through 

 I be skin and flesh into the abdominal cavity. Make a hole about 

 two inches long; insert the finger and bring out the ovaries 

 (prides), and remove them one at a time with a pair of dull scis- 

 sors. Sponge off the blood nice and clean and draw the wound 

 together by the use of silk sutures. The wound will heal in six 

 or eight days, when you can remove the stitches. It is well to 

 wash the skin and wound nicely every day with soap and water, 

 and apply a little of our Healing Lotion to cleanse the wound 

 and heal it quickly Feed the- bitch on light diet for four or five 

 days after the operation, and keep her from running around .1 

 great deal. A spayed bitch will make the very best kind of a 

 dog: they will be smart, quick, and intelligent. Occasionally, it 

 will be noticed that a bitch, after being spayed, will come in hcai 

 once or twice, but this will pass off and not bother them any 

 more. 



