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applied to keep it there. A pessary is a very satisfac- 

 tory instrument to use and may be made as follows: 

 Take a smooth stick three feet long, 1J inches in diame- 

 ter, at one end tie clean 

 rags around to make it 

 the size of one's fist, at 

 the other end bore a 

 hole through the stick, 

 through which a J inch 

 rope may be passed; the 

 large end is passed into 

 the genital passage until 

 it fits snug against the 



ONE FORM OF A TRUSS. 



neck of the womb, the 

 rope passed through the other end is by its two ends 

 fastened to a neck collar and is thus held in place. The 

 length of the rope required will vary with the length of 

 the animal; the pessary should be smeared with vase- 

 line or clean sweet lard at the large end. Straining 

 after the return of the womb may occur, and if continued 

 may be due to the organ not having been returned to 

 its natural position or .else to the presence of some of 

 the membranes. A certain amount of straining is bound 

 to occur, the result of the introduction of the pessary, 

 such may be overcome by a dose of some anodyne, 

 €. g., laudanum. Pigs' bladders and bottles have been 

 used as pessaries, being allowed to remain in position 

 for seven to ten days. 



Bleeding after delivery (hemorrhage) is not easy to con- 

 trol and needs the attention of the veterinarian. 



