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separate ropes, which are then, used to stretch the fore legs 

 forward and the hind ones backward. The operator takes 

 a kneeling position at the lumbar region. On the ranges 

 the legs are. lassoed from ponies and the stretching of the 

 animal into the operating position is accomplished without 

 dismounting. * 



.INSTRUMENTS.— i. Scalpel.. 2. Ecraseur, emasculator 

 (spaying) or spaying shears. Of these three instruments the 

 spaying shears, which are nothing more than a large pair of 



Fig. 145— The Anatomy of the Internal Genitalia. 

 A, Right Ovary. (Bayer.) 



curved scissors, are much the easiest to handle, and although 

 they cut keenly the bleeding resulting therefrom seems to 

 be trivial. At least one experienced spayer, however, with 

 whom the author has consulted in this connection, takes the 

 opposite view that bleeding is often a matter of serious mo- 

 ment when the shears are depended upon. The spaying 

 emasculator effectually prevents bleeding, but is a somewhat 

 less handy instrument, in that a little difficulty is sometimes 

 met in placing the ovarian attachments into its jaws. The 



