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danger from salpingitis owing to the infection extending 

 from the uterine cornua forward into the tubes. 



Treatment. Since the prognosis is so nearly hopeless, 

 there is but little which can be suggested in the way of 

 treatment, once the disease has become established. If it 

 can be determined, or if it can be reasonably hoped that the 

 disease is unilateral and is causing irregularity in sexual 

 life, the offeding oviduct, with the ovary, may be removed. 

 If the ovary and oviduct are sufficiently mobile, it may be 

 possible in some cases to operate through the vagina, but as 



Fig. 155 — Adherent Ovary. Cow. Dorsal surface viewed from behind. 

 L, Ovarian ligament ; O, ovary ; Ov, oviduct. 



