SECTION IX. 



SURGICAL OPEKATIOXS. 

 Op Stjkgical Operations axd the various Restraints it ts sometimes 



KECESSARY TO PLACE THE HoRSE UNDER FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE — CaST. 



ING— Slinging — Castkation — French Method of Castration— Castra- 

 tion BY Ligature— Lithotomy — Tracheotomy — (Esophagotomy — Xeu- 

 ROtOMY — ]Mode of Performing Neurotomy — Periosteotomy— Division 

 OF the Fi,exor Tendons — Amputations— Amputation of the Penis^ 

 Amputation of the Tail— Nicking — Firing — Blistering — AmmoniacaIj 

 Blister — Rowelling — Setoxs — Abstraction of Blood, or Bleeding— 

 Dn'isiON op the Temporal Artery— Bleeding by the Palate— Bleed- 

 ing BY the Toe — Phlebotomy — Bleeding by the Jugular Vein. 



Of Surgical Operatioxs axd the a'arious restraints it is 

 sometimes xecessary to place the horse under pob 

 their performance. 



*' '\ T THEN" it is necessary to perform any painful operation on 

 V V so powerful an animal as the horse, it is of consequence 

 to subject him to a restraint equal to the occasion. Horses are 

 very dissimilar in tlieir tempers, and bear pain very differently ; 

 but it is always prudent to ])repare for the worst, and few impor- 

 tant operations should be attempted without casting. Humanity 

 should be the fundamental principle of every proceeding, and we 

 ought always to subject this noble animal to pain with reluctance ; 

 but when circumstances absolutely call for it, we should joyfully 

 close our hearts to all necessary suffering. The resistance of the 

 horse is terrible, and it is but common prudence to guard against 

 the effects of it. The lesser restraints are various. Among them 

 may be first noticed the twitch. The twitch is a very necessary 

 instrument in a stable, though, when frequently and ofliciously 

 used, it may have the ill-effect of rendering some horses violent 

 to resist its application. In many instances blindfolding will do 



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