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ANIMAL CASTRATION. 



ing of the organ is satisfactorily accomplished. As 

 a measure of caution, it will be well, upon the com- 

 pletion of the process of crushing, to surround the 

 cord with a ligature moderately tightened, in order 

 to guard against the drawing up of the cord into the 



FIG. 15. 



CASTRATION BY CRUSHING OF THE CORD. 



inguinal canal, an accident not likely to occur, how- 

 ever, if the operation has been well performed. 



DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TORSION; BISTOURNAGE. 



In this mode of operating, principally in vogue in the 

 southern parts of France, the position of the testicle 



