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Title: Animal castration, a book for the use of students and practitioners;
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: White, George Ransom, 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Castration Spaying
Publisher: Nashville, Tenn., The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Fig. 60—Well Developed Hydrocele (Water Bag) i.\ a Three-Year-Old Mule. A, Hydrocele. trates turn up later with water hags. While they do not inter-fere in the least with the general health and usefulness of theanimal they are nevertheless great eye sores, and depreciatethe animals marketable value, hence should in every instance be Animal Castration 89 removed by surgieal interference. They may be unilateral orbilateral. Preparation—Same as for castration of the stallion. (See page14.) Sterilization of Instruments and ()iterators Hands—Same asfor castrating the stallion. (Sec page 24.) Restraint—For small mules, same as for castration of the cult.(See page 36.) For large mules, same as for castration of theridgling. (See pages 54-56.) Position—Dorsal. Instruments— 1. Miles hook castrating knife. (Sec Pig. 25.) 2. Vulsellum forceps. (See Fig. 56.) 3. Ecraseur. (See Fig. 41.) 4. Haemostatic forceps.
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Fig. 61—Hydrocele Showing Skin Incisions. B, Hydrocele: C, Incisions; D, Knife; E, Right Hand of Operator. 90 Animal Castration Sterilization of Field of Operation—Same as castration of thestallion. (See page 24.) Technique of Operation—With Miles hook castrating knife inright hand (E) two curved or elliptical incisions are made (C,Pig. 61) to the right and left of the most prominent part of thehydrocele (B). This means that the old cicatrix (scar) is in cen-ter of section of skin removed. These incisions should be madefrom 4 to 5 inches long—depending upon size of the hydrocele.They should extend through skin and subcutaneous connective tis-sue only. With the vulsellum forceps grasp elliptical section of

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