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Animal Castration 



Operative Technique as Applied in Castrating the Intra- Abdom- 

 inal "Ridgling" {Miles' No. 3). 

 (a) Scrotal Incision — With rubber glove on left hand (R) and 

 Miles' hook castrating knife (T) in the right hand (S), the point 

 of sheath (V) is grasped with the left (R) and traction made 

 upward and forward. (See Fig. 42.) Beginning well forward 

 on scrotum the knife is drawn backward, making incision (U) 

 through skin, subcutaneous connective tissue and dartos only. 

 This incision (U) should be five inches long, parallel to and one 



Fig. 42— Making Scrotal Incision. R, Left Hand; S, Right Hand; T, Knife; 

 TJ, Scrotal Incision; V, Point of Sheath. 



inch to the side of raphe or "median line." (See Figs. 42 and 43.) 

 When the incision or incisions are completed remove rubber glove 

 from previously washed left hand and, if necessary, rewash both 

 hands before proceeding further. 



(b) Opening and Entering the Inguinal Canal — With the four 

 fingers of each hand, placed back to back, separate, by tearing, the 

 tissues down to the external abdominal ring, which is the entrance 

 to inguinal canal. The next step is to lubricate the scrotal wound 



