CHAPTEE VI. 



CASTRATION OP FEMALES HISTORY INDICATIONS EF- 

 FECTS UPON THE ORGANISM AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS 

 ADVANTAGES IN COWS CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO 

 THE OPERATION ANATOMY MODUS OPERANDI BY 

 THE FLANKS CHARLIER'S PROCESS INSTRUMENTS 

 VARIOUS STEPS DIVISION OF THE VAGINA SEIZING 

 THE OVARY TWISTING IT OFF COMPLICATIONS 

 HEMORRHAGE PERITONITIS ABSCESS OF THE PELVIO 

 CAVITY CONSTIPATION SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA 

 CASTRATION OF THE SMALL ANIMALS OF SWINE 

 OF SLUTS OF FOWLS. 



As I have stated before, the revival of the opera- 

 tion of castration upon large females is due to a 

 Louisiana farmer, Thomas Winn, who, in the year 

 1831, castrated several of his cows. 



Without entering upon the history which includes 

 a record of the failures and successes attendant upon 

 the introduction of the operation, it may suffice to 

 say that until the improvements made by Charlier 

 in the manipulations involved in the operation, it 

 encountered considerable opposition, and it is within 



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