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When sutures are adopted, it is better to use some of 
each; two Hip, and two or three Labial, being quite 
sufficient to retain the uterus in position. 
Another very common method is by a truss, which 
may be composed of leather, webbing, or rope, and 
when the former of these is properly made, it is easy 
to affix it to a roller round the chest, or waist. 
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Lunp’s Truss APPLIED. 
In the absence of a truss, a rope, 25 to 30 feet long, 
may be used. The rope must be doubled, and one end 
passed over each shoulder, making a knot between the 
animal’s fore-limbs, and another knot at the base of 
the neck; then passing one end on each side of the 
neck, joining them at the withers, and knotting them 
there. The ends are then passed back along the spine, 
making a knot every 15 or 16 inches, then enclosing 
the tail, and a knot at the superior and inferior com- 
