SURGICAL OPERATIONS. 



DESCKIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate XXVI. Devices for casting cattle. (From Fleming.) 

 Fig. 1. Reuff's method of throwing or casting the ox. 

 Fig. 2. Miles's method of throwing or casting the ox. 

 Plate XXVII. Surgical instruments and sutures. (After Reynders and 

 Fleming. ) 



Figs. 1 and 2. Seton needles. These may be either long or short, straight 



or curved, according to the locality in which a seton is to be inserted. 

 Fig. 3. Varioiis forms of surgical needles. 

 Fig. 4. Suture forceps or needle holder, for passing needles through thick 



and dense tissues. 

 Fig. r>. Knot properly tied. 



Figs. G. 7, 8, 9, 10. Various forms of sutures. Fig. 6, interrupted suture; 

 7, quilled suture; 8, uninterrupted suture; 9, twisted suture, made by 

 passing siiture pins through the parts to be held together and wind- 

 ing the thread about them so as to represent the figure 8; 10, single- 

 pin suture. 

 Fig. 11. Appliance for ringing the bull, one-fourth natural size. 

 Fig. 12. Nose clamp, Avith spring and keeper. 

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