DOGS, CATS AND POULTRY 
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center of the belly, between the four last teats. Oil your 
Fingers and insert the first finger of the left hand into the 
cut, while with your right you take hold of the probe and 
press it down at the outer end so that the end inside will be 
raised toward the hole in the skin of the belly. With your 
finger in the cut feel the end of the probe. The part you feel 
is the womb. Slip your finger forward under the womb and 
bring the two horns that branch out from it up and out 
through the hole with your finger, then draw one of the 
horns well up until the ovary, which is about the size of a 
pea, comes outside. With the scissors cut it off. Do the 
same with the other horn, cutting off the other ovary. Wash 
the parts clean with carbolic water — five drops of carbolic 
acid to a pint of lukewarm water — shove them carefully back 
to their place and sew up the skin by putting in a few 
stitches. After this take the sponge away from her nose, 
pour a little cold water into her mouth and let her come to. 
Keep her very quiet for a week or so, feeding mostly on new 
milk, and she will come all right. 
The operation is very simple when once you have per- 
formed it and know how to go about it. A person wishing. to 
become an expert at spaying had better thoroughly examine 
the womb, horns of the womb and ovaries in a dead bitch- 
before trying the operation on a live one, as it will give a 
better idea how to go about it. 
