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DISEASES OF SWINE 



The peritoneum is now punctured with the point of the hook 

 knife, after which enlarge incision to admit index-finger of left hand. 

 With this finger the ovaries and tubes are readily located near the 

 median line of the body. They are drawn through the skin inci- 

 sion (Fig. 119) and removed with emasculator, same as by flank 

 method. 



The tubes are now sponged off with antiseptic solution, after 



Fig. 118. — Sow properly secured for median line or "belly" operation: .4, Wall; 

 B, hook; C, cord; D, loops above hocks; E, incision. 



which they are replaced in the abdominal cavity, and the wound 

 closed by two or three interrupted sutures (Fig. 120, F), using the 

 same needle and the same size silk as in flank method. The ani- 

 mal is now released. 



