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veterinary profession ha\e made a specialty of this operation, which 

 they perform very successfully, but the great secret seems to be in the 

 manner in which the animal is tied for the operation. Generally the 

 testicle that is retained in the abdominal cavity is of a morbid character. 



733. The Bull. — As a rule, the young calf, when five or six weeks 

 old, is castrated by its owner, but, when asked to operate, I get an 

 attendant to cast and hold the animal in a sitting position on its hind 

 quarters, with a strap round both hind shanks, on which the foot is 

 placed. The testicles are next pressed up tight, and with a quick 

 sweep of the knife a good opening is made into the scrotum, first on 

 one side, and then on the other, making both cuts into one at the end; 

 next get hold of the testicle, cut through the non-vascular portion, 

 and either draw the cord, or pull it tight, and cut it quickly through. 

 When operating on the bull, from six to twelve months old, it is best 

 to have the animal standing, and held by an attendant by the nose, with 

 the right side against a wall, door, or gate ; the operator stands on the 

 left, behind the hind quarters, and grasping both testicles at once, 

 makes a clean cut with the knife, first on one side, then on the other, 

 round the end of the scrotum ; the non-vascular portion is next 

 severed, then the clams are applied to the vascular part of the spermatic 

 cords of both testicles, about two or three inches above those organs, 

 and both are slowly seared through at once with the hot iron. 



734. The Pig. — x\n attendant usually holds it firmly by the hind legs 

 with the back towards the operator ; the testicle is pressed up behind, 

 close to the tail root, and cut down upon with a sharp knife ; the 

 testicle is then pulled up, and the cord laid over the sharp edge of the 

 knife and cut quickly through. 



735. The Lamb. — Shepherds are generally the best and most 

 fortunate operators on this animal, cutting through the skin of the 

 scrotum with a knife, and drawing the testicle and cord out with 

 their teeth. The operation on an Aged Ram is most successful when 

 the bag is divided with the hot iron, and the testicles are seared off 

 with the same. 



