METHODS OF SECURING. 



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Farmer Miles, who was probably the first to introduce the 

 "rig" operation into England, had a special "set of ropes and 

 an elaborate method of fixing, whilst the Danish method 1:5 

 also somewhat complicated. The main object of each way is 

 to spread the legs out well, so as to open out the inguinal region 



Fig. 3. 

 Cryptorchid colt secured in position by Mr Donald's method. 



as much as possible, and this can be done quite readily with 

 an ordinary casting rope. , 



For the above illustration, which shows one method'of tying, 

 I am indebted to Mr Joseph Donald, F.R.C.V.S., whose descrip- 

 tion ^ is thus summarised: An ordinary casting rope or good 

 ■cart rope is used and doubled up so that one end shall be from 

 two to three yards longer than its fellow on the opposite side. 

 It is adjusted around the colt's neck as in the ordinary method 

 ' "Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics," Vol. I., page 334, , 



