SECUKING SOLIPEDS. 



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above described. In this position the inside of the N.A. leg is ex- 

 posed, and it can be fired, either for disease of the knee or of the 

 tendons and bursse. All operations upon the foot of the O.A. can 

 be performed except those required on the inside of that foot, 

 such as those for inside quarter-crack, complicated suppurating 

 corn or inside cartilaginous quittor. 



Fig. 28.— 3d Position. Securing Upper Hind to Upper Fore Leg. 



Third position. — Securing the off hind tiponthe corresponding 

 fore leg. — In this the rope is first secured in the middle of the off 

 hind cannon region, carried forward and over the forearm, above 

 the knee, in front of the forearm, back between the fore legs, 

 between the hind legs and over the near hind leg, above the 

 hock, to the assistant stationed at the back of the animal. Re- 

 moving the leg from the hobble, and pulling on the rope the 

 near hind leg is brought, by the- same method, to the middle of 

 the off fore cannon, where it is secured with a figure eight twist of 

 the rope. In this operation the inside of the near hind leg is ex- 

 posed from the hock down, and in that position, operations on the 

 inside of the hock can be performed, such as firing for spavin, 

 thorough-pins, curbs, and cunean tenotomy, as well as fii'ing on 

 the inside of the tendons, or even tenotomy. As far as the off 

 hind leg is concerned, only operations on the foot are justified, 

 with the exception of those on the inside of that part of the leg. 



Fourth piosition — Securing the near fore on the off hind leg. — 

 The rope is secured by a loop on the middle of the cannon of the 

 near fore leg, which rests directly on the bed, carried backward 

 over the off hind leg above the hock, back between the hind legs, 



