. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. red in the sucker, but after wean-ing the system always requires cooling by a dose of physic andlight food before castration can safely be performed. Horses whichhave been in training, or other kind of work attended with highfeeding, require at least three weeks or a months rest and fower-ing, by removing corn, mashing, &c., together with a couple ofdoses of physic, before they are fit to be castrated. For the ordinary method of operating, a pair of clamsshould be provided, lined at the surfaces where the compressi
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. red in the sucker, but after wean-ing the system always requires cooling by a dose of physic andlight food before castration can safely be performed. Horses whichhave been in training, or other kind of work attended with highfeeding, require at least three weeks or a months rest and fower-ing, by removing corn, mashing, &c., together with a couple ofdoses of physic, before they are fit to be castrated. For the ordinary method of operating, a pair of clamsshould be provided, lined at the surfaces where the compression 442 THE HORSE. is made, with thick layers of vulcanized india-rubber. This maLerial p;ives a very firm hold without bruisinji the cord, and causingthereby inflammation. A large scalpel and a couple of irons willcomplete the list of instruments, over and above the apparatusnecessary for casting the horse (see Casting, page 433). The horsebeing properly secured according to the directions there given, anda twitch being put on the lip in case he should struggle much, the. Fig. 23.—clams lined with vulcanized india-rubbee. operator, kneeling on the left side, grasps the testicle so as to makethe skin of the scrotum covering it quite tense. A longitudinalincision, about three inches long, is then made down to the testicle,which, if care has been taken that there is no rupture, may berapidly done—a wound of its surface not being of the slightest con-sequence, and giving far less pain than the slow niggling dissectionof its coverings, which is sometimes practised to avoid it. Thetesticle can now be cleared of its coverings, and the hand layinghold of it gently, the operator from its bed, and slips theclams on each side the cord, at once making the proper pressurewith them, which should be sufficient to prevent all risk of thepart enclosed slipping from between its jaws. Great care shouldbe taken that the whole of the testicle, including the epididimis,is external to t
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