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VETERINARY SURGICAL OPERATIONS 



by wrapping it tightly from fundus to vulva with a long 

 muslin bandage after the fashion of Esmarch, which, in ad- 

 dition to compressing it into a smaller body, facilitates hand- 

 ling of its slippery surface. 



Fig. 234 — Prolapse of the Uterus in the Cow (Lateral View). 



The replacement is now effected by pressing forward as 

 fast as the bandage is unwrapped from the vulva backward. 

 (If the protruding mass is small the bandaging may be super- 

 fluous.) 



Fig. 235— Uterine Prolapse (Rear View). 



After the organ has successfully fallen into its normal 

 position, and the patient has been induced to rise it is ir- 

 rigated with abundance of hot water which may, to ad^ 

 vantage, contain a small amount of sodium chloride (one 



