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goes far in obtaining successful results. If time is not too limited it is 

 best to clip the wool from the scrotum. 



Operative 2Vc/i»/c— There are two m.'tliods of maknig the scrotal in- 

 cisions : 



(a) Lateral, Figure 98. 



(b) End, Figure 99. 



In making the lateral or side incision (Figure 98) the left side of the 



Pig. 98 — Lateral incision. A, Riglit testicle in tlie scrotum; B, scrotum; C. 

 Williams' castrating knife; E, position of the left hand; F, incision. 



scrotum is grasped with the left hand of the operator and sufficient 

 ].)ressure made — by squeezing — to render the skin of tlie right side tense. 

 With the knife in the right hand, the incision is made by one sweep of 

 the knife through all laj'ers o? the scrotum and the testicle itself exposed. 

 This incision should be about three and one-half inches long and should 

 extend well down to the tij). The opposite scrotal incision is made in like 



