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strap and with a IS-foot rope looped above ankle (P) and passed 

 over withers (Q) and under neck then back above hock (E) the 

 leg is drawn fi'om over field of operation. In this position the 

 largest stallion can be castrated without difficulty. 



IXSTRUMEXTS. 



1. Knife — Of course a properly constructed knife is the first 

 essential instrument required in performing this operation. The 

 AVilliams all-metal stiff-handle auseptic castrating knife (Fig. 

 2) is entirely satisfactory for castrating stallions in the recumbent 

 posture. 



Fig. 2 — Williams' AU-.Metal Stiff Handle Anseptic Castrating Knife. 



2. Emascnlatoi- — The only <tther instrument necessary is an 

 emasculator for the purpose of crushing the spermatic coi'd in 

 such manner as to assist nature in controlling hemorrhage. 



There are many designs of emasculators on the American mar- 

 ket; however, many of them are inferior and unsatisfactory both 

 in design and workmanship. In order for an emasculator to 

 perform the task for which it is intended it must first of all be 

 constructed with straight cutting and crimping edges. (See D, C, 



3— A Perfectly .Made and Well De- Fig. 1— An Imiierfectly Made and Badly 

 signed Rlmasciilator. Designed Emasculator. 



Fig. 3.) This simply means that the lower or female jaw must 

 be on a straight line. When thus constructed the cord is grasped 

 and crushed before it is severed. Any emasculator made with 

 curved cutting and crim])ing edges (see A, B, Fig. 4), which 



