CAUTERIZATION—FIRING. 85 
to regions where the skin is very loose, it is wise to mark the out 
dines of the surface to be cauterized before the animal is thrown aa 
Quiet, unirritable horses will endure the operation well in th 
standing position ; a twitch on the upper lip and the foot raived 
sufficient. Sometimes firing can be done in special regi te 
putting the horse in stocks. fees 
But when firing is very painful, it is better to cast the animal. If 
the operation is to be on the external surface of a leg, he is thrown 
Fig. 42.--Eolipiles. 
on the opposite side; if the firing is to be applied all round the 
joint, the inner surface should be operated upon first. When one 
fires, at one sitting, the legs diagonally opposite, the external face of 
‘one and the internal face of the other should be operated upon first ; 
and when the animal is turned for the second part of the operation, 
the cauterized surfaces must be protected from the bedding by cloth. 
The fastening of the animal varies with each particular case. Gen-~ 
erally the leg to be operated upon is kept in the hobble; its con- 
gener is fastened either forward or backward, as the case may be. 
When the coronet or fetlock is to be fired, the best way is to secure 
“both legs together, above the knee or the hock, with a rope, passed. 
