12 VETERINARY SURGICAL THERAPEUTICS. 
act quickly. As soon as one hobble is put in position, those 
animals will become nervous, kick, and'be more or less dangerous to 
approach. It is for them that Trasbot recommends the use of the 
foot-raiser, which is placed on the fore leg opposite to the side upon 
‘which the animal will fall. When once thisisin place, the animal is 
‘made to go round the straw bed once or twice. He resists, rears, 
struggles, but soon submits himself to the placing of the hobbles. 
The chain of the king hobble, which has been placed on the hind 
jeg of the side of the secured fore foot, is then run through the ring 
“of the hobble of the other hind foot, then round that of the fore leg, 
which is on the ground, and brought back to the king hobble 
’ 
Fig. 9.—Throwing with the foot-lift. 
(fig. 9). The horse is cast with three hobbles, the foot held by the 
foot-raiser remaining free. 
Thus thrown, the horse reacts less, his struggles are less violent, 
there is less possibility of fractures by muscular contractions. 
It is often necessary to change the position ofa leg. For opera- 
tions of the inguinal region, the upper hind leg is carried forward 
and secured on the corresponding shoulder. A side line fixed to the 
‘coronet or the fetlock is carried toward the withers, then under the 
neck, brought back to the inferior part of the leg from below up- 
wards, and then in the direction of the croup. 
To operate with more facility in the inguinal region (hernia, cryp- 
torchidy), the upper hind leg can be carried in excessive abduction as 
follows: Two side lines fixed on the canon are passed through, 
