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MEANS OF KESTKAINT. 



the operator carries the leg forward until it reaches the outside sur- 

 face of the shoulder, or the lateral parts of the neck, where the rope 

 is secured by a double twist and knot around the coronet of the 

 near hind leg displaced. This awkward and painful position is 

 for operations in the inguinal region, including castration, in- 

 guinal hernia, removal of champignon, amputation of the jDenis, 

 or removal of tumors. 



When the operations which have necessitated these various 

 positions have been completed, the leg which has been restrained 

 should be returned into its proper hobble, and this should be 

 done slowly and carefully, avoiding any unnecessary motions or 

 noises, and the animal relieved of his means of restraint as in all 

 other operations. 



Fig. 32.— Side Bar Hobbles. 



In a few instances, however, aside from these various 

 modes of securing individuals, the surgeon has recourse to 

 the side bar hobbles, which carries a hobble of its own at each 

 end, one hobble being fixed on a fore, the other on a hind leg. 

 Some of the Enghsh veterinarians are using the cross hohhles, 



which has the advantage of being adapted for use upon legs 

 diametrically opposite, such as the near fore and the oflf hind legs, 

 and vice versa. 



B. — Casting with ropes. 



The hobbles are not the only kind of apparatus devised 

 for throwing horses, nor are they all made according to the 

 English pattern, although the same general princij^les pre- 

 vail in all. Eopes in the form of side lines, either single or 



