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VETERINARY SURGICAL OPERATIONS 



amputated flap of the right one, whose bloody edges trace 

 the proposed line of amputation. Here the left hand supports 

 the base of the concha while the amputation is effected with 

 strokes of the scissors that should correspond in length to 



Fig. 199 — White's Scissors for Trimming Ears 



those made on the opposite side. The posterior edge and tip 

 may be given moderate support by an assistant to good ad- 

 vantage especially when the concha is frail and floppy. 



The use of clamps of various designs is helpful to the 



Fig. 200— Trimming Ears with Clamps. 



novice, but since ears vary in size and shape, no one design 

 will answer. When these are used they are applied to the 

 ear at the proposed line of amputation, which is effected by 

 cutting along the lesser curvature with the scalpel. 



