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VETERINARY SURGICAL OPERATIONS 



It may be employed in any of the animals, but is utilized to 

 the best advantage and with the greatest measure of success 

 in the cow. In mares the mortality is high ; in fact recovery 

 is very rare, while in cows favorable results are frequently 

 obtained. In dogs prolapse requiring amputation does not 

 often occur, and when the uterus does require ablation it 

 is removed by prepubic abdominal section. 



The operation of amputation of the uterus is an exceed- 

 ingly simple procedure, performed as follows: The fundus 

 of the protruding bag is incised and the hand inserted in 

 search of a possible concurrent prolapse of the bowels. When 



Fig. 237 — A Method of Retaining Uterine Prolapse in the Mare. 



this complication has been excluded, or, when extant, the 

 bowels have been returned in the abdomen, a rope the size of 

 a lead pencil and about a yard long or more, after being well 

 disinfected and soaped to facilitate tightening, is double-half- 

 hitched around the neck of the mass at the vulval orifice, and 

 drawn tight by all the power of two men, one at each end 

 of the rope. To v still further expedite the pulling the ends of 

 the rope may be equipped with wooden handles. The traction 

 upon the rope should be slow and constant, allowing plenty of 

 time for the tissues to yield to the pressure. When finally 

 drawn as tight as possible the rope is secured with a knot 

 and an amputation effected with the scalpel no less then four 



