. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. 758 GEXITO-URINATIV ORGANS. means of forceps applied just outside the scrotum ; f to 1 inch below this point the torsion forceps are applied. The cord is slowly twisted, and usually ruptures about the centre of the fragment in- cluded between the two pairs of forceps. {h) Direct or Unlimited Torsion.—First stage. The testicle is ex- posed, as in castration by the covered method. Second stage. The cord and vaginal tunic are twisted by grasp- ing the testicle, which is protected with a \ >]r j#' *i Jt^'-^&f 1/ JM piece of
. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. 758 GEXITO-URINATIV ORGANS. means of forceps applied just outside the scrotum ; f to 1 inch below this point the torsion forceps are applied. The cord is slowly twisted, and usually ruptures about the centre of the fragment in- cluded between the two pairs of forceps. {h) Direct or Unlimited Torsion.—First stage. The testicle is ex- posed, as in castration by the covered method. Second stage. The cord and vaginal tunic are twisted by grasp- ing the testicle, which is protected with a \ >]r j#' *i Jt^'-^&f 1/ JM piece of clean linen. CASrRATION WITH THE ACTUAL CAUTERY. The testicles are exposed, the cords are seized with clams and divided separately or together with a sharp- bladed cautery at a white heat. The es- char so produced is sufticiently dense to obliterate the vessels. CASTRATION BY THE ELASTIC LIGATURE. This method has been largely employed during the last ten or fifteen years. It consists in applying to the upper part of the scrotum several turns of a tensely stretched round or square rubber thread. The two ends of the rubber thread are crossed and tied with string. About the seventh or eighth day the testicles may be removed with a knife close to the ligature, provided the process of delimitation is well advanced. The chief objection to this method lies in the fact that the scrotum is destroyed, which lowers the value of the animal from a commercial point of Fig. 816.—Castrati)ig the ram by ligature, method is to be strongly condemned.) (This. 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 Moussu, Gustave, 1864-; Dollar, Jno. A. W. (John A. W. ). Chicago : American Veterinary Pub. Co.
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