. Animal castration; a book for the use of students and practitioners. Castration; Spaying. Fig. 17—Robinson's knife. 5. That he is not suffering from any specific constitutional disease which would cause the operation of castration by any method to hazard his life. 6. That you have a dependable—preferably an experienced—assistant in charge of the twitch, and be sure the twitch is a good one. Sterilization of Instruments and Cleansing Operator's Hands—See pages 20, 21. Preparation of Patient—At first thought it would be considered proper to disinfect the field of operation by washing with one
. Animal castration; a book for the use of students and practitioners. Castration; Spaying. Fig. 17—Robinson's knife. 5. That he is not suffering from any specific constitutional disease which would cause the operation of castration by any method to hazard his life. 6. That you have a dependable—preferably an experienced—assistant in charge of the twitch, and be sure the twitch is a good one. Sterilization of Instruments and Cleansing Operator's Hands—See pages 20, 21. Preparation of Patient—At first thought it would be considered proper to disinfect the field of operation by washing with one of the many excel- lent antiseptic preparations. However, experience and close observation. Fig. 18—Williams' castrating knife (modified). lead me to state that the advisability and practicability of undertaking the disinfection of the field of operation at this particular juncture—after the twitch is applied—is, to say the least, debatable. Aseptic or even anti- septic surgery would suggest it, but the author is willing to chance run- ning the gauntlet of criticism by going on record as opposing disinfection of the operative field. His only reason for so doing is simply because of the facl that if a man is to do a satisfactory and successful operation with the animal in the standing posture, it is imperative that the operation be- gin as soon as the twitch is applied and end at the earliest possible moment,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, George R. (George Ransom), 1874-. Chicago, American Veterinay Pub. Co.
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