SURGICAL OPERATIONS. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate XXVI. Devices for ca.sting 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. Sm'gical 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. Various 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, r., 7, 8, 9, 10. Various forms of sutures. Fig. 6, interrupted suture; 

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

 jtassing suture pins through the parts to be held together and wind- 

 ing the thi'ead 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, with spring and keeper. 

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