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ANIMAL CASTEATION. 



up whatever adhesions of ceHular tissue may re» 

 main. This second step of the operation being com- 

 pleted, tlie two organs are found to be so placed that 

 they are parallel one with the other, the testicle be- 

 ing posterior to the cord. 



The third step, or that of the torsion of the cord, 

 now presents itself to our ncti-^-; To effect this, the 



Fig. 18- 



doiibijE suboutaneous toesioh in cattle. 



Third step. Position of tlie hands when th'j torsion is about 

 being made. 



testicle must be firmly held at the bottom of the en- 

 velopes (Fig. 19), the left hand placed forward upon 

 t])e cord, and the riglit behind and upon the testicle. 

 The operator then gives to the organ a twist with 



