154 ANIMAL CASTBATION. 



the proceeding must be discontinued, the patient 

 kept quiet and the matter indefinitely postponed. 



By tlte Iledian Line. — The animal is kept on its 

 back, with the hind quarters raised. The region 

 being prepared, the skin is incised and then the 

 muscular aponeurotic coat underneath in the space 

 iuclosed between the three back pairs of teats, the 

 peritoneum is perforated with the fingers. Introduc- 

 ing the index finger in tlie abdomen, it readily feels 

 the horns and the ovaries, which are pulled out- 

 wards and removed. The wound is closed by strong 

 suture. 



For Prof. Cadiot the flank operation is the best, 

 but we certainly advocate that by the method of 

 laparotomy, and for more complete details refer our 

 readers to the same operation in bitches (see p. 155.) 



DOGS. 



In the female, when, as is sometimes supposed, it 

 becomes a preventive measure in respect to hydro- 

 phobia — though if it be so, it can only be from the 

 fact that a castrated bitch will usually remain at 

 home while others are ruuning abroad in heat, and 

 thus be more exposed to contagion — the operation ig 

 only justifiable in the case of house dogs, domestic 

 pets, in order to obviate the annoyance caused to 

 their owners by their demonstrations while in heat. 

 In the bitch the broad ligaments are very long (Fig. 

 43), extending as far as the hypochondriac region, 

 where they divide into an external layer, which 

 reaches to the last rib, while the other extends to 



