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Title: Diseases of the dog and their treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Müller, Georg Alfred, 1851-1923 Glass, Alexander
Subjects: Horses Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alexander Eger
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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e must perform the Caesarean section. Caesarean Section, Hysterotomy, Secto Caesarea.—This is a verydangerous operation. To have any chance of success the operationsshould be performed before the animal is in a state of collapse, or thefoetus is dead and commencing to decay, or the temperature has not Fig. S9.—Retrac-tors, single anddouble. OBSTETRICS 221 risen much above normal. Empty the bladder and the lower bowel; andhaving washed out the genital passages with an antiseptic solution, putthe animal under ether. The bitch is laid on her back, the legs are heldby an assistant, the forelegs together and the hind legs wide apart. Theregion where the incision is to be made should be thoroughly washed andthe hair removed from the part. Make an incision on the median line ofthe linea alba anterior to the umbilicus with a sharp-pointed bistoury,and cut into the abdominal cavity, taking care not to injure the intestinesor uterus; then insert a probe-pointed bistoury and make the opening
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Fig. 90.—Apparatus for the extraction of the foetus and method of extraction: a, Brulets apparatus;b, method of application.; c, Defays apparatus. larger, cutting toward the pubis; then cut through the omentum; theuterus is now visible and can be lifted out and the foetuses can be felt inthe uterus, separated by a constriction of the body of the horn. Pull theuterus out of the opening as far as possible and have an assistant keep theopening of the abdominal wall closed, so as not to allow the intestines toescape, and also to avoid any of the fluids from the uterus falling into thecavity; and by means of a bistoury open the uterus by making an incisionthrough its wall; the opening should not be any larger than is necessary toget the foetus and the membranes out. It is not necessary to make anincision in the horn over each foetus, but after one foetus is removed theothers can be pushed toward the opening and removed through it, takingcare to remove the membranes also. The uterus is no

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