12 ANIMAL OABTEATION. 



witli the right hand or the left, and the leg opposite 

 to that on which he is lying being released from the 

 hobble, is carried forward upon the corresponding 

 shoulder as far as it can safely be done. To effect 

 this a loop of rope or platelonge is passed around 

 the coronet, below the fetlock, the free end being 

 carried forward over the dorsal border of the neck, 

 under the neck, towai-ds its anterior border, and is 

 then carried back under the same hind leg, between 

 the hinder extremities and over the hock, from the 

 posterior border, where an assistant, stationed at 

 the back of the animal, is ready to receive it. 



(Fig. 1.) 

 By careful, gradual and steady pulling upon 



the rope the foot is brought forward upon the 



external surface of the shoulder, and there secured 



by two or three turns of the rope around the 



coronet. 



But it often occurs that in this position the 

 inguinal region is not sufficiently exposed, and 

 some of the steps of the operation may thus be 

 rendered difficult, even when the surgeon has taken 

 the precaution to pose the body of the patient 

 and place him partly on his back, by means of 

 bundles of straw pressed under the side upon which 

 he lies. 



Many operators prefer the use of the double side 

 line, with which, when the animal is thrown, both. 



