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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. 78—Holding Pig for Castration. Fig. 79—Holding Pig for Castration. constructed for castrating swine and sheep, and is about one-halfthe size of the one used in castrating stallions and colts and abouttwice the size of the canine and feline instrument. .! natomy—The scrotum consists of two pouches formed by skinsubcutaneous connective tissue, etc. These pouches are dividedby a raphe or median line and fit up close to the perineal re-gion. These pouches each contain a testicle (Fig. 81) which isdecidedly shorter and more rounded than the testicle of many ofthe other domestic animals. Their long axis is vertical. Disinfection of Operative Field—Same as for castration ofthe bull. (See page 96.) Operative Technique—With sterile instruments, clean hands, Animal Castration 109
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Fig. 80—Swine and Sheep Emasculator. and the animal properly secured this operation is simple and anextremely easy one to perform. The scrotum is firmly graspedwith the left Land and two bold incisions made. (H, I, Fig. 82.) Sterilization of Instruments and Cleansing Hands of Operator— Same as for castration of the bull. (See page 96.) These incisions should begin well forward on the scrotum andextend sufficiently far backward to allow the testicle to be re-moved from the scrotum without effort, The larger the incisionthe better. These incisions should be parallel to each other andto the median line. Thev should be from one-half to one

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