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boiled daily when ivKularly useil mid should be kepi, 

 wrapped iii a clean, sterile toAvcl, and ivot loosely 

 thrown in the soiled and more or less contaminated 

 emergency bag. In field work the average client will 

 inwardly, if not outwardly, appreciate the pains taken 

 liy the scrupulously exacting operator, even though he 

 is put to some effort to procure a clean pail or basin and 

 sterile tOM'els for the convenience of the veterinarian, 



Fig. 4— A SUBSTANTIAL ECRASEUR OF THE "QUICK-CHAIN" 



TYPE 



when the client understands that such precautions are 

 taken for the sole purpose of lessening the danger of 

 infection to his animals. 



The veterinary student who is unfamiliar with the 

 appearance and (juality of castrating and other special 

 instruments shoidd refer to any complete veterinary 

 instrument catalogue, which can be readily secured 

 from any reputable dealer. 



Restraint 



A thorough knowledge of practical methods of re- 

 straint of animals is -^'ery necessary in order to become 

 skilled as a castrator. It could not be the intention of 

 any right thinking veterinarian to employ restraint to 

 the exclusion of anesthesia; however, oftentimes a cas- 

 tration operation, skillfully performed on a conscious 

 animal, may inflict less real shock and distress to the 

 subject than complete anesthesia used under average 



