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CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY 



the muscles are treated similarly, being dissected off the 

 bone so as to expose the latter as high up as possible. The 

 bone is then removed with a saw. 



If a sharp-bladed amputation knife or catlin is used, the 

 point is thrust through the skin and muscles alternately 



-A Fractured Leg, the Flap Incision, and the Sutured Flap 

 after Amputation. 



on each side of the leg, and the flap made by two rapid 

 downward incisions. 



The vessels are sought for and twisted or ligatured ; the 

 edges of the wound are drawn together \vith boiled silk or 

 aseptic catgut, the muscles and skin being sutured separately, 



