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carried out through the vulva. Remove the other ovary in the 
same way. Generally it is most convenient to remove the left 
ovary with right hand, and vice versa , but both may be removed 
with either hand. Wash away any blood from external parts, 
apply sublimate solution freely to vulva, perineum and tail. 
Keep the patient quiet for five or six days, and feed lightly on 
laxative diet. If infection occur mop out the vagina with anti¬ 
septics. If abscesses form, open them promptly into the vagina 
or rectum by thrusting an index finger through their walls. If 
the infection causes difficult defecation by pressure on the rec¬ 
tum or swelling of its coats through inflammatory implication, 
keep the faeces pultaceous by means of enemas. 
(To be continued.') 
SURGICAL ITEMS. 
It is of course much easier to obtain asepsis in a well regu¬ 
lated operation room than in a private stable, yet there is no 
doubt that much can be done in that direction even in the lat¬ 
ter under all conditions ordinarily encountered. The prepara¬ 
tion for an operation in a stable, while frequently a difficult 
matter, should never be entirely overlooked, and the veterinarian 
should go prepared to meet the emergencies which may arise in 
this connection at all times. There can be no excuse so far as 
clean instruments, clean dressing and the necessary chemical 
disinfectants are concerned, and it is usually possible to find a 
suitable place for securing the patient. A real obstacle, how¬ 
ever, that is met both in city and country practice is the diffi¬ 
culty of securing pure water for the antiseptic solution and 
clean containers to hold them. The veterinarian is usually 
offered ordinary stable pails or a dirty wash pan filled with 
water of doubtful purity, and it is usually impossible to im¬ 
press a stableman with the importance of having these items 
immaculate in the surgical sense of the word. It is therefore 
evident that the surgeon who operates away from his own 
equipped room should provide himself with implements which 
will in a measure overcome this obstacle. A common zinc or 
porcelain coffee pot with a capacity of about two litres will be 
found a very useful article to have continually in one’s vehicle 
ready for use. Solution in such a vessel can be kept clean and 
can be poured upon a surface to good advantage and without 
waste. A flat zinc or porcelain pan is also useful, but has the 
disadvantage of being more difficult to keep perfectly clean 
