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ANIJIAL CASTRATION 



nterus is located, after -wliich follow its ri<;'iit cormi iijjward and back- 

 ■wavd until the right ovary is encountered. 



7. With the right hand the emasenlatoi' is j)assed along the left arm 

 through the incision, and its head i)laced above the ovary; bringing the 

 Jiandles together the ovary is sevennl fi'oni its attachment. (Kig. l.')5.) 



S. The left ovarv is ]io\v located bv following the riglit eornu back to 



Fig. 1.57— E, Mu.scular fibers of inter- 

 nal oblique and external oljlique 

 muscles slightly divided; P. P, external 

 oblique abdominal muscle; G, G, lips of 

 skin incision. 



Fig. 15S — A. Opening in abdominal 

 wall sufficiently large to admit the 

 hand; B, B, external oblique muscle 

 libers drawn apart; C. C. internal 

 obli(iue muscle fibers drawn apart; D. D, 

 lipr5 of slfin incision drawn apart. 



the body of the uterus where the left eornu is encountered. By following 

 it upward and backward the left ovary is encountered and removed in 

 like manner. 



'K AVithdraw the hand — containing l)oth ovaries — with the instrimient. 

 When this is done the fibers of the interjial and external oblique abdomi- 

 nal muscles come togethei' and anatomically close the wotujd with the ex- 

 ception of the skin incision. 



