ANIMAL CASTRATION. 



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the right hand by a motion of rotation from left to 

 right and from without .inwards, while with the other 

 he draws upon the cord in the opposite direction. 

 The result of this manipulation is to give to the 

 gland half a turn around the cord (Fig. 20), which 



FIG. 



DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TOBSION IN CATTLE. 



Third step. Position of the hands during the torsion. 



thus becomes displaced and takes a posterior position. 

 By a change in the action of the hands, but a repeti- 

 tion of the same movement, the right hand now act- 

 ing on the cord, while the left is applied to the tes- 

 ticle, the remaining portion of the motion of rotation 

 is performed, and a complete torsion of the spermatic 

 support accomplished. By repeating this action, of 

 course as many turns of the cord as may be thought 



