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advised against such an error. Strings or cords should never be used- 



FiG. 48. 

 Bandage for belly. 



strips of list or muslin are more comfortable, safer, and equally secure. 



Fig. 49. 

 Bandage for foreleg above the knee. 



Bandage for hind leg above the hock. 



Twitchups are among the most simple of the contrivances to dis- 

 tract the attention of the horse while he is being operated upon. A loop 

 of rope, never less than three-eighths of one inch in diameter — and a 

 half-inch is better — fastened to the end of a stout stick, constitutes the 



