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purposes. It gives her a much better chance than if matters 

 are left until parturition actually commences. ^ 



Prolapse of one or both uterine horns into a hernial sac 

 is quite common, and it sometimes happens that this organ 

 may have to be removed ; the horn may even be pregnant 

 and strangulated. In the latter case, of course, it must 

 either be returned into the abdomen or excised (see p. 229). 



Fig. 187. — Prolapse of both Uterine Horns after Parturition. 



Prolapse, too, may occur through the vagina after par- 

 turition, one or both horns ' coming down.' 



Fig. 187 is an illustration of this, the patient, a toy Pomeranian, having 

 both horns prolapsed as depicted in the photograph. Each was ligatured 

 separately and excised, the bitch making an uninterrupted recovery. 



Fig. t88 illustrates a bull bitch patient, taken six months after the opera- 

 tion, from which a puppy, the last of seven, could not be removed per 



' Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics^ vol. x., p. 176, 

 vol. xi., p. 252 ; W'tcrinarv Record, vol. xi., pp. 463, 652 ; H. Simpson, 

 Veterinary Record, vol. xiii., p. 370; G. H. Golding, Veterinary Record, 

 vol. xi., p. 462. 



