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lift it to the level of the vagina. The operator then oils the 

 surface of the bag, and places his right hand, also well oiled, 

 against the point or horn of the bag which is furthest from 

 the vagina, and by pressing gently but steadily on it returns 

 it into the vagina, and presses it up as far as possible. With 

 his left hand he now presses on the most dependent part, in a 

 similar manner, and forces it up. The assistants follow the 

 re-entering bag and keep it from again extruding. And 

 thus, often after considerable labor, the whole is returned. 



Such an accident is, however, very apt to recur ; and to 

 prevent it the vagina should be filled with a ball of tow, and 

 this retained in place by a band fastened to a collar around 

 the cow's neck, and kept in place by straps, passing abovt 

 and below, to a girth in front of the udder. 



If the replacing is interfered with by continued severe 

 labor pains, the cow should at once have half an ounce of 

 chloroform and two ounces of laudanum, in a quart of milk. 



After the operation, the cow should be kept very quiet, 

 and the bowels restrained by doses of laudanum for a day 

 or two. After twenty-four hours, if the pains have ceased, 

 the bandage may be removed. 



In preventing falling of the womb the great point is to 

 keep the hind quarters of the cow in a raised position during 

 parturition and for some hours afterward ; in fact, until the 

 afterbirth has come away. This may be done to some ex- 

 tent by making a thicker bed of litter at the tail. In some 

 high-class German cow houses, where the cow receives, and 

 comes to require, about as much attention at these periods as 

 the human female, the floor of the " lying-in stall " slopes 

 toward the rack, so that the hind quarters are constantly ele- 

 vated. 



