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derneath the rectum, where we find the comes de V uterus (matrix); after 
we have ascertained the position of these viscera, we search for the 
ovaries (organs of reproduction), which are at the extremity of the comes, 
and when we have found them, we seize them between the thumb and' 
forefinger, detach them completely from the ligaments that keep them 
in their place, pull lightly, separating the cord, and the vessels (uterine 
or fallopian tube) at their place of union with the ovarium, by means 
of the nail of the thumb of the forefinger, which presents itself at the 
point of touch ; in fact, we break the cord and bring away the ovarium. 
We then introduce again the hand into the abdominal cavity, and we 
proceed in the same manner to extract the other ovaria. This opera- 
tion terminated, we, by the assistance of the needle, place a suture of 
three or four double threads waxed at an equal distance, and at two 
centimetres or a little less, from the lips of the wound ; passing it 
through the divided tissues, we move from the left hand with the piece 
of thread ; having reached that point, we fasten with a double knot, we 
place the seam in the intervals of the thread from the right, and as we 
approach the lips of the wound, we fasten by a simple knot, with a 
bow, being careful not to close too tightly the lower part of the seam, so 
that the suppuration which may be established in the wound, may be 
able to escape. This operation effected, we cover up the wound with 
a pledget of lint kept in its place by three or four threads passed through 
the stitches, and all is completed, and the cow is then led back to the 
stable. 
“It happens, sometimes, that in cutting the muscles,, of which we 
have before spoken, we cut one or two of the arteries, which bleed so 
much that there is necessity for a ligature before opening the peritoneal 
sac, because, if this precaution be omitted, blood will escape into the 
abdomen, and may occasion the most serious consequences. 
11 Care Afler the Operation, — The regimen we prescribe during the first 
eight days following the operation, is a light diet, and a soothing luke- 
warm draught; if the weather should be cold, we cover the cow with a 
woolen covering. We must prevent the animal from licking the wound 
and from rubbing it against other bodies. The third day after the 
operation, we bathe morning and evening about the wound, with water 
of mallows, lukewarm, and in default of this, we anoint it with a salve 
of hogs’ lard, and we administer an emollient glyster during three or 
four days. 
“Eight days after the operation we take away the bandage, the lint, 
the fastenings and the threads ; the wound is at that time completely 
cicatrized, as we have observed that a reunion takes place almost always 
by the first intention, as we have only observed suppuration in three 
cows, and then it was very slight. In this case we must use a slight 
pressure above the part where the suppuration is established, so as to 
cause the pus to leave it, and if it continues more than five or six days, 
we must supply emollients by alcoholized water, or chloridized, especially 
if it be in summer. We then bring the cow gradually back to her 
ordinary nourishment. 
“ We have remarked in some cows a swelling of the body a short 
time after being spayed, a state that we have attributed to the intro- 
