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ANIMAL CASTRATION. 



divided with the bistoury, or by the cautery 



as a means of hemostasis, of an iron heated to a 



FIG. 9. 



SINGLE FORCEPS FOR CASTRATION BY FIRING. 



DOUBLE FORCEPS FOR CASTRATION BY FIRING. 



white heat the actual cautery This is claimed to 

 be one of the oldest modes of operating, Vegetius 



