. Fio. 284.—Fixiii": the head and a hind hnib. a figure of eight (Fig. 285). This does not prevent all movements of the hind limbs, but it limits them and secures both animal and operator from danger. Should it become necessary to examine the hind foot or inter- digital space, it is useful at times to pass a loop of cord round the leg in the region of the tendo Achillis, and to twist and tighten this loop by a short, stout stick passed through it; this is the leg twitch described in Dollar's " Operative Tech- nique," p. 7. For such examinations, however, the animal is usually pl
. Fio. 284.—Fixiii": the head and a hind hnib. a figure of eight (Fig. 285). This does not prevent all movements of the hind limbs, but it limits them and secures both animal and operator from danger. Should it become necessary to examine the hind foot or inter- digital space, it is useful at times to pass a loop of cord round the leg in the region of the tendo Achillis, and to twist and tighten this loop by a short, stout stick passed through it; this is the leg twitch described in Dollar's " Operative Tech- nique," p. 7. For such examinations, however, the animal is usually placed in the trevis, or is secured to the side of a long waggon (Fig. 286). To secure the limbs beneath the abdomen a strip of webbing or a rope is fastened round the pastern, passed between the fore limbs, then in front of the shoulder of the opposite side, over the withers and beneath the elbow of the same side, being secured with a slip-knot. For castration iji the standing position a hind and a fore limb may be fastened together, as shown in Fig. 287. In examining the sole of the hind claws, the animal's head may 3 A
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