Animal castration - a book for the use of students and practitioners (1914) (14597248499)

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Title: Animal castration : a book for the use of students and practitioners

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: White, George Ransom, 1874-

Subjects: Castration Spaying

Publisher: Nashville : Published by the author

Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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he fewer cases of sepsis you will have to follow. Operative Tccliniqiie—After the animal is cast and tied and theinstruments and hands of the operator prepared, the field of opera-tion and the surrounding parts should be thoroughly washed withLysol or Cresol Compound U. S. P. in the strength of one table-spoonful to each quart of water. I will here take advantage of thisopportunity to condemn in the strongest and most emphatic termspossible sheath washing at time of castrating. What is heremeant by sheath washing is washing or undertaking in anymanner to cleanse the interior of the sheath. Washing the sheathat or immediately before castration will not only contaminate thefield of operation and thereby increase the danger of sepsis, but itinvariably encourages the early development of aggravated casesof oedema and oftentimes paraphimosis. The sheath should bewashed several days before operating or it should be let alone untilafter the animal has completely recovered. With the animal,

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Fig. 14—General External View of Scrotum and Sheath. AA, Incisions %-inchon each side of Median Line, 4 inches long and parallel to the line. 2G Animal Castration instruments and operators bands prepared, the scrotal incision ismade by grasping both testicles in the left hand and with two boldstrokes of the knife cut through skin of scrotum and testicularcoverings without hesitation. Expose both testicles to view. Thelarger the incision the better the results. Thev should not be lessthan 3^2 to 4 inches long and about % to 1 inch on each side ofthe raphe (median line) and parallel to it (see Fig. 14). The testicles are now exposed. Grasp one of them with the lefthand, being careful not to touch the cord above where it is to besevered. Place the emasculator on the cord, being careful to seethat the crimping side is next to the scrotum. Now lift the testicleupwards at direct right angles to the animal by making from twoto three pounds—depending upon size of horse—tension on thecor

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