10 ANIMAL CASTRATION. 



ped is to be subjected to the knife. "We shall dis- 

 cuss hereafter the indications in the case of the cas- 

 tration of large females. 



EESTEAINT. 



Two modes of restraint are employed in securing 

 the animals during the manipulations for the removal 

 of the testicles, one which is applied to all the various 

 methods yet to be described, and the other applica- 

 ble principally to the method of amputation of the 

 cord by the use of the ecraseur. In the former, the 

 animal is thrown down and secured with one of his 

 hind legs fixed in a position in which the inguinal 

 region is fully exposed. In the latter he is allowed 

 to remain in a standing posture, and is kept quiet by 

 the application of a twitch upon his upper lip. As 

 the first mode of securing the patient is the safest 

 for all parties engaged in the undertaking, and from 

 the further fact of its applicability in all methods of 

 operating, we shall first consider it somewhat in detail. 



By veterinarians who employ the old method of 

 casting with four hobbles, the animal, being properly 

 prepared, is thrown upon whichever side corresponds 

 with the operator's habit of manipulation, whether 

 with the right hand or the left, and the leg opposite 

 to that on which he is lying being released from the 

 hobble, is carried forward upon the corresponding 

 shoulder, as far as it can be safely done. To effect 

 this a loop of rope or platelonge is passed around 

 the coronet, below the fetlock, the free end being 

 carried forward over the dorsal border of the neck, 



