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few days. Should it, however, remain high, the vagina is washed out 

 with creoHn solution. 



2. Female lambs are seldom castrated. Obich operated on ten 

 weeks old animals from the left flank. The incision was sufficiently 



Fig. 267. — Metal finger- 

 stall for scraping through 

 the ovarian ligament. 



KiG. 266. — Forceps for 

 grasping ovarian liga- 

 ment in torsion of the 

 ovary. 



Fig. 269. — Finger 



clamps for grasp- Fig. 270. — Guarded bis- 



FiG. 265. — Forceps for grasping ovarian ing ovarian Hga- toury for incising upper 



ligament in torsion of tlie ovary. ment (Colin). wall of vagina (Colin). 



large to admit the index and middle fingers into the abdomen. The 

 ovaries were drawn towards the opening and were snipped off with 

 scissors. In twelve cases healing was uninterrupted, but in one lamb 

 an abscess occurred at the point of operation. 



