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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 
the fingers and catch hold of the horn of the womb. Draw 
it gradually out sufficiently far enough to have access to the 
ovary. Remove the ovary with a pair of spaying scissors 
Operate on the other ovary in a smiliar manner. 
When the ovaries have been removed, sew the incision 
with a couple of stitches and let the sow go. 
It is a good plan before attempting to operate to watch 
carefully while an experienced hand is spaying a sow. B) 
doing so the method is much more easily grasped, and when 
once understood becomes very simple. 
There is not as a general rule any complications likeh 
to follow spaying. 
