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prevent their taking food. They are useful also to prevent animals 

 from licking their wounds or tearing their dressings. 



237. Securing a foreleg. — (a) With a rope or strap: A rope or 

 a strap may be used to attach the pastern to the forearm. The leg is 

 well bent at the knee, and the rope or strap is attached to the pastern 

 by means of a loop and then passed around the forearm and back to 

 the pastern and tied. 



A broad leather strap with a double loop and a strong buckle is to be 

 preferred, as it is less likely to injure the leg. 



(b) The side line: This is a rope about 20 feet long, with a loop or 

 a hobble strap at one end. The loop or strap is put around the 



Fig. 32.— Securing a hind leg forward by side line. (From Flem- 

 ming's Operative Veterinary Surgery.) 



pastern of the limb to be raised, and the rope is passed over the 

 horse's back to the opposite side, where it is held by an assistant 

 after the leg has been lifted up and well flexed; or it is passed in 

 front of the chest, around over the back to the same pastern, where it 

 is tied, the weight and strain being thus thrown on the back. 

 The side line may also be used in securing the hind leg. 



238. Securing ahindlegforwardbyside line, first method. — 

 See figure 32. 



239. Securing a hind leg forward by side line, second 

 method. — See figure 33. 



