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Diseases of the Genital Organs 



a general rule laparotomy upon the side of the animal where 

 the diseased tube is located is safer. In performing laparoto- 

 my, the incision should be made in the middle of the flank. 

 If it is attempted to operate high up in the flank, it is well- 

 nigh impossible to draw the ovary and duct out through the 

 laparotomy wound. It is diflicult even to carry out the oper- 

 ation when the laparotomy wound is in the middle part of 

 the flank. When the operation is decided upon, care should 

 be taken to remove the entire oviduct and to make the am- 

 putation through the apex of the cornu, avoiding as far as 



Fig. 156 — Adhesion of Right Oviduct to Ovary. Double Left 

 Ovary with Pregnancy. 



/, Vagina ; 2, fetal membranes in left horn ; j, j, transverse septa in 

 uterine cavity ; 4, corpus luteuni in median portion of left ovary ; 5, lateral 

 portion of left ovary ; 6, pedunculated old corpus luteum which IJad been 

 imperfectly dislodged ; 7, right adherent ovary ; 8, ostium abdominale of 

 oviduct. 



