Animal castration (1902) (18169465736)

Manual castration by subcutaneous torsion, step 1: softening the bags

Title: Animal castration

Identifier: animalcastration00liau (find matches)

Year: 1902 (1900s)

Authors: Liautard, Alexandre François Augustin, 1835-1918

Subjects: Castration

Publisher: New York, W. R. Jenkins; (etc. , etc. )

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

Text Appearing Before Image:

60 ANIMAL CASTRATION. grasps the testicles with both hands (Fig. 16) and quickly draws them down into the scrotum. Hold- FiG. 16(A).

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DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TORSION IN CATTLE. Softening the bags—first position of the hands. ing them there with the right hand, with the left he raises the scrotum by the lower part, firmly pulling upon it downwards and slightly from before back- wards. The testicles are then moyed upward and downward in the sac, carrying with them the fibrous covering. During this time a peculiar crackling sound is heard, which is caused by the tearing apart of the fibres of the cellular tissue lying between the dartos and the fibrous coat. This laceration is some- times difficult to effect, especially in aged animals, in which case the up and down motion of the testicles will require a greater number of repetitions before the adhesions are torn.

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