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necessary, can be secured, two, however, being gen- 

 erally found sufficient, although, in a few instances 

 as many as four or five may be required never more 

 than that. The length of the cord is the principal 

 controlling circumstance. When these several steps 

 have been completed with one testicle, their repeti- 

 tion is, of course, in order with the other. And 

 when both have been treated, the consummation 

 of the operation is called for by entering upon the 

 fourth step, or that of the application of the 

 ligature. 



To accomplish this both testicles are firmly seized 



FIG. 21. 



DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TOBSION IN CATTLE. 



Position of the testicles and ligature en masse of the bags 

 when the operation is finished. 



