. Animal castration : a book for the use of students and practitioners. Fig. 153—Making Sliin Incision. L, Incision; M, Knife; N, Right Fig. 154—Skin Incision. F, External Oblir:ue Abdominal Muscle. 176 Animal Castration 4. In the center of this skin incision the knife point shouldbe thrust through the abdominal wall, making a perforation largeenough to admit one finger only. The knife is now put aside, asyou have no further use for it. 5. One finger of the operating hand is thrust through the ab-dominal wall perforation, and by stretching the wound two fingersare admitted—index fingers

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. Animal castration : a book for the use of students and practitioners. Fig. 153—Making Sliin Incision. L, Incision; M, Knife; N, Right Fig. 154—Skin Incision. F, External Oblir:ue Abdominal Muscle. 176 Animal Castration 4. In the center of this skin incision the knife point shouldbe thrust through the abdominal wall, making a perforation largeenough to admit one finger only. The knife is now put aside, asyou have no further use for it. 5. One finger of the operating hand is thrust through the ab-dominal wall perforation, and by stretching the wound two fingersare admitted—index fingers of each hand. With these two fingerstear the muscular fibers apart sufficiently to admit the whole hand. 6. With left hand inside the abdominal cavity the body of theuterus is located, after which follow its right comua upwardsand backwards until right ovary is encountered. 7. With right hand the emasculator is now passed along the

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