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NEURECTOMY. 101 
Fourth step : Suture .—Unite the lips by one or two stitches, 
according to the extent of the incision. 
Cover with flannel, replace the limb in the hobble, turn the 
animal, and after re-securing the member in a convenient 
position make the operation upon the opposite side. 
Fig. 49.—Plantar neurectomy below the fetlock. 
, b, ligament of the plantar cusuion; a, digital artery; n, plantar nerve. 
2.—Plantar Neurectomy above the Fetlock. (Meta¬ 
carpal or Metatarsal Neurectomy.) 
Restraint .—limb should be shackled as for the preceding 
operation, being careful nevertheless to attach the rope suffi¬ 
ciently high upon the canon that the inferior part of that 
region remains uncovered. 
One may also unite the limb to be operated upon with its 
congener with a rope in figure 8 5 unhobble the first and carry 
