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ANUIAL CASTRATIOISf 



Fig. ISfc — Completing the process of limited torsion far amputation of tli:; ova "y. 



available it should 1je utilized. AVhat is meant liy a suitalile table is one the 

 top of which may be elevated to the perpendicular or almost periDendicular 

 position. Tables made with stationary tops have no place in tliis operation. 

 If a table is not available, an inexpensive as well as a safe and satisfactory 

 method is to use a plank that may be stood against a building at a steep 

 slant, or after anesthesia is complete, the patient may be suspended by the 

 hind legs against the side of a 1)uilding or a post. 



Fig. ISO — Sliowing the skin and fascia joined with a continuous sutnre. wlii ;h 

 is fixed by tying together the single end of the thread on one side 

 with the douhle end on the other. 



