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Force one hand through the opening into the peritoneal 

 cavity and search for the ovaries at the same point and by 

 the same method as in the preceding operation, that is, 

 locate the uterus within the pelvic cavity, between the rec- 

 tum and bladder and trace it, the cornu, and broad ligament 

 to the ovary. The uppermost ovary can be drawn out 

 through the wound and cut off ; the lower one must be held 

 with one hand, the instrument introduced along the arm 

 and when the ovary is reached, apply the emasculator or 

 ecraseur to the ovarian attachments and closing the instru- 

 ment cut or crush off the gland. The beginner must al- 

 ways remember that the positive means for identifying the 

 ovary is by tracing the uterus from the vagina along the 

 cornu to the oviduct and thence to the organ in the broad 

 ligament. Cleanse the wound and close the skin incision 

 with continuous sutures. 



3 2. OVARIOTOMY IN THE BITCH BY THE FLANK 



Fig. 46 



Instruments. Spaying knife, canine emasculator, scis- 

 sors, 3 or 4 pairs of artery forceps, suture material. 



TechniC. Confine the animal in lateral recumbency, pre- 

 ferably upon the right side for a right-handed operator, the 

 head somewhat depressed, the limbs extended and the body 

 well stretched. Clip, shave and disinfect a sufficient area 

 in the exposed flank at a point just anterior to and beneath 

 the external angle of the ilium. Before cutting through 

 the abdominal wall, the urinary bladder should be emptied 

 if distended. With one hand grasp the skin fold of the 

 flank' and render the skin of the region tense, while with 

 the other, holding the spaying knife like a pen, make at first 

 a drawing incision from below upward about 2 to 3 cm. 

 long, ending above at a point slightly below the external 

 angle of the ilium, the incision extending through the skin 



