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piece of wire about eight inches long having one end rounded so 

 it will not hurt her while it is being passed up into the womb, and 

 a scissors. As well as these you need a large sponge and about 

 eight ounces of sulphuric ether which is usea to pat her asleep. 



Catch the bitch and place her on a table or box where you 

 are going to operate ; saturate the sponge with sulphuric ether 

 and hold it tight to her nose, making her breathe right through 

 the sponge. Watch her carefully, and as soon as she is under 

 the influence of it so much that she has no power of herself then 

 take the sponge and ether away from her nose and commence to 

 operate. Have some one to watch her head all the time, and 

 when she commences to stir a little place the sponge saturated 

 with ether to her nose again until she is quiet, and keep doing 

 this all through the operation, but be careful not to give her too 

 much, just enough to keep her asleep. Have the bitch on her 

 back; commence operating by oiling the probe and passing it 

 carefully up into the passage until it is in the womb ; make a cut 

 about an inch long in the center of the belly, between the four 

 last teats ; oil your fingers anc^ insert the first finger of the left 

 hand into the cut, while with your right hand you take hold of the 

 probe and press it down at the end so the end inside of her 

 will be raised toward the hole in the skin of the belly; with your 

 finger in the cut feel the end of the probe ; the part you feel is the 

 womb ; now slip your finger forward under the womb and bring 

 the two horns that branch out from the womb up and out through 

 the hole with your finger, then draw one of the horns well up 

 until the ovary, which is about the size of a pea, comes outside, 

 then with the scissors cut it off ; do the same with the other horn, 

 cutting off the other ovary ; wash the parts off clean with carbolic 

 water — five drops of carbolic acid to a pint of luke warm water — 

 and shove the parts carefully back to their place and sew up the 

 skin by putting in a few stitches ; after this take the sponge away 

 from her nose ; pour a little cold water mto her mouth and on her 

 head and let her come to, then keep her very quiet for a week or so, 

 feeding her mostly on new milk and she will come all right. The 

 operation is very simple when once you have performed it and 

 know how to go about it. A person wishing to become an ex- 

 pert at spaying had better thoroughly examine the womb, horns of 

 the womb and ovaries in a dead bitch before trying the operation 

 on a live one, as it will give a better idea how t o go about it. 



