24 VETERINARY SURGICAL THERAPEUTICS. 
mattress of straw is to be prepared to prevent fractures of the 
horns. . 
To throw an animal with hobbles, two side lines may be used. 
With one, both fore legs are brought together as close as possible ; 
with the other, the hind legs are treated in the same way. The free 
ends of both side lines are then passed crossing each other, between 
‘the extremities, that of the fore legs backward and that of the hind 
legs forward. Traction on both ropes in different directions, also 
on the head of the animal towards the side upon which he is to fall, 
with a push at his hip, will make him fall down. ' The ropes are 
then secured by knots. 
The method of Rueff sometimes answers very well. Along rope 
is tied round the horns in a loop at one end, then carried along the 
Fig. 24.—Snuffer-nippers. A ,screw nippers.—B, sliding-tongs. 
dorsal border of the neck to its posterior third, where it is twisted 
once round the neck, passed back to the withers, where back of the 
Fig. 25, Nasal ring.—A, open ring.—B, shut ring. 
shoulders another twist is taken, and again in the same way an- 
other back at the flank. The end of the rope is then held and 
