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MEANS OF RESTRAINT. 



of the cannon region, from there carried backwards over the O.H. 

 leg, above the hock, between both hind legs, and forward, be- 

 tween the fore legs and reflected back over the forearm, about 

 its middle, when it is given to an assistant stationed at the back 

 of the animal. An assistant is placed in front of the animal, 

 kneeling on the bed, and prevents the rope which passes in front 

 and over the forearm from slipping down too rapidly. The leg 

 being released from the hobble, the operator holding it carries it 

 backward, while the assistant at the back pulls slowly but 

 steadily on the rope, the action of this lever of the first kind, 

 with its fulcrum on the O.H. leg, the resisting power at the foot 

 of the animal and the moving power at the forearm of the off, 

 moves and draws the leg backward until it reaches the cannon 

 bone of the hind leg. At that moment, steadily holding every- 

 thing in place, the rope that is passing above the hock on the 

 near hind leg is allowed, cautiously, to slij) below the hock, and 

 the near fore leg is then brought to the middle of the near hind 

 cannon bone, where it is secured with a double figure 8. Other sur- 

 geons secure the fore leg above the hock as in the plate we borrow 

 from Peuch and Toussaint (Fig. 27). The danger of injury to 

 the tendo- Achilles has caused us to change that position to the one 



Fig. 27.— 2d Position. 2cl Step. 



