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ture who procrastinated to the extent of disinfecting the field 

 of operation immediately prior to operating I am ready and will- 

 ing to suffer the consequences. Such procedure is not practicable, 

 neither is it necessary or even desirable. If the operator's hands 

 are clean and his instruments sterile, there is not near the danger 

 of septic infection from the unwashed scrotum as there is from a 

 bunglesome and imperfect operation on account of struggles on 

 the part of the animal occasioned by delay in beginning and finish- 

 ing the operation. 



Operative Tcclniiqnc — With the twitch ai^plied and the animal 

 forced into the corner of a box stall or fence the operator ap- 

 proaches from the left side — if he be right-handed — at the same 

 time instructs the assistant, who is holding the twitch, to at all 

 hazards keep the animal forced well back into the corner. The 

 operator stands slightly out of the range of a kick with his head 

 and shoulders firmly pressed into the left flank of the animal. 

 (See Fig. 19.) 



Fig. 19— Side View Showing Position of Patient and Operator Castrating in 

 the Standing Posture. 



