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ANIMAL CASTRATION 



Fig. 46 — A diagrammatic illustration showing important facts relative to ridgling 

 castration. This and the next cut illustrate tar better than words could describe 

 some of the covered steps of the operation. A, Rectum; B, cord of right de- 

 scended testicle; C, cord of left undescended testicle; D, right internal abdominal 

 ring; E, left internal abdominal ring; F, incision through the abdominal wall 1 

 inch above and 1 inch in front of the internal abdominal ring. Observe the 

 index and the second finger protruding through incision searching for the sper- 

 matic cord. G, G, internal abdominal walls; H, undescended testicle floating 

 loose in abdominal cavity attached to end of the spermatic cord. 



