Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-01-12


eat with the appetite she was accustomed to
| do.
Writers on the spaying of the COW, have
not described the manner of performing the
operation; ;. and it is we'll known that the ov-
aries do not retain the same situation in oil
animals. Daubenton was the first who de-
scribed the spaying of sheep, but the meth
cd which would be pursued with regard to
the sheep would not be applicable to the
COW. 1t is on this account that | feel dis.
posed to relate the method which l pursued
in spaying these animals.
The operation ought to be performed be.
tween thirty and thirty eight days after cal.
wing, and on a COW that had just had her
second or third cali, because this is the age
and time when she yields the greatest quan.
tity of milk, and retains it during the longest
period. No preparation is necessary, cx-
cept the refraining from, feeding her as plen-
tful as usual on the night before spaying,
and to operate in the morning before she
was fed. The necessary implements are
ropes, plank, or a ba, of wood, two bistou.
RES knires] Zone convex and very sharp,the
othcrprobe.p pointed and straight, two curved
needles, some strong thread well waxed,
and q plank or bar of wood, about eight
inches wide and three in thickness.
| In order to operate safely and well, the
| cow must he properly secured. To effect
this, she must be placed against wall with
her left side. towards the operator. Three
1 strong rings should be fixed in,the wall with
4 straps and buckles attached to them; one
for cord to confne the head, the two others
should be placed lower, the: one on q level
with the lower part of the right shoulder,
the other at the point of the hook. A cord
should be, passed in front Of the chest,
brought along the left side of the body Of
the COW, passed Behind the thighs, and fixed
to buckle which is on level with the
hook, or rather an assistant should hold the
end of the rope passed once around the
ring. The head is to be fixed by.a turn of
the cord, which is to be held by a strong
man. Then the plank or bar Of wood
must be placed obliquely under the teats,
and in front Of the hind limbs: an assistant
holds this, so that the operator may be safe
from the kicking of the animal; finally
some one holds the tail, or it is tied to the
rope that goes round the patient, in order to
escape the blows which the animal would
give with it when the arm was passed into
! the abdomen. .'.
In default Of wall provided with rings
and buckles,a strong palisade viii do, or
any solid barrier, or trees growing at con-
4 vanient sdistnrce' frorn each other, and to
which strong bar of wood may be fixed.
4 The animal being secured, the operator
armed with the convex bistoury, which he
holds in his. right hand, places himself at
/ the left shoulder of the cow, with his Jeff
i hand -restingson her, back. That hand
serves as point of support for him to- re-
tire or rest upon, if it Should be necessary,
! during her struggles, md also enabling. .hin,
to use his right hand more cfec,nally. BE
then places the edge of the bistoury on the
middle and a little nearer the superior part
Of the left flank, and at one incisitn cuts
through the skin and tho muscles rof that
part vertically. s =. .s.isG;ss 80
The. flank shaving beenopened, and the PERI
toneum Timing membrane withit, theopera.
torenlarges the ipcisior SO as to be enabled to
.intoducehs hand & arm: T Taking the bistou.
ny inhis effhand, henow gently &cautious:
ly introducesbis right hand into the abdomen,
directing it towards the pelyis and behind
1.-THE Gu de sac of the paunch, where he viii
find the horns Of the uterus. When he Has
i recognized this Discus. he carries his hand b
little above its bifmcation, where the oyaries
are situated between tho folds of the ssis.
sponsor Hgdmsstssof the uterus he siezes
one Of the oyaries, which he detaehess at its
] posterior pnla, by means Of the thunb. and
sfore finger and he passes his finger. along
theconyentY OF the ouars IN order tosepa.
rate It completely from the gerito,sea5 Ega.
1sent which sustains It. Then he takes the
ouq1yin mis- hand, be draws i gently towards
.Ehim, and by means Of the thumb naissRe
saws the vessels ahd the horns Of the fal9o-
piidn tube on his fore finger, which offers
Ehim a point of support. under these vessels:
finally he breaks the cord by successive gen.
/ tie tugs at it, while he-is saving it. with his
nail, and hethus brings oft the ovar,l.s ~
I He next Introduces shis hand q second
4 time into sthes abdomen, and proceeds ia ex.
tractthe second ouasy in the same manner,
after which he closes the wound with two
or three sutures, taking care to leave a little
opening at the lower part Of II, through
4 which the matter of suppuration may es.
cape, and which, without this precauti5h,
would yburrow between the skin and the
muscles, or accumulate in the abdomen, md
be a cause Of irritation, and probably ei
danger. 3.ts s. ..s-.s
The oparies may, if the operator likes,
be brought through the opening madein the
flank, and detached blythe points of the