184 ANIMAL CASTRATION 



of the left hand. With this tinger the ovaries and tnbes are readily located 

 near the median line of the body, and are drawn through the incision 

 (Fig. ni) and removed with the emasculator as in the flank method. 

 The tubes and horns are sponged with antiseptic solution, after which 

 thej^ are replaced in the abdominal cavity and the wound closed by two 

 or three interrupted through-and-through sutures (J, Fig. 175), using the 

 same needle and the same size silk as in the flank method of operating. The 

 animal is then released. 



