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in a figure 8 round both; then to take the diseased leg out of the 
hobble, pulling it forward or backward to operate upon. The 
hobble-stick is not necessary. 
Let us consider the technic of line cauterization. (Fig. 43-) 
When the subject is prepared and secured in good position, the 
operator marks the firing. Renault recommended that the lines 
should be parallel to the hair. Bouley, like Garsault, preferred 
them oblique. The transverse lines of the English are as good and 
Fig. 43.—Cauterization of the principal regions where fire is generally applied—Shank, fetlock, pastern 
and coronet of the left hind-limb: superficial point firing;—pastern and coronet of the left fore-limb r 
sharp point firing ;—tendons and stifle of right limbs: stripe firing, 
do not disfigure any more. The drawing of the firing is of little 
importance. Fancy drawings have long been abandoned. What 
is essential, is to make the lines straight, evenly distant, and ex- 
tending somewhat beyond the diseased zone. Converging lines 
must not come together nor cross each other, as the cutaneous. 
portions of the angles would beexposed to too much heat and might 
slough. When the firing is to envelop a section of the leg, a verti- 
cal line should be drawn in front and behind, to indicate where the 
lines of the lateral fans are not to extend on the opposite face. 
The spaces to be left between the lines vary according to the 
