. Animal castration; a book for the use of students and practitioners. Castration; Spaying. COW, HEIFER AND CALF SPAYING 165 3. Beginning 2 inches below the transverse process of the lumbar ver- tebrae, a slightly diagonal incision, three and one-half inches long, should be made through the skin only. The exact site of this incision is througjh the middle of the triangle between the external angle of the ilium and the posterior border of the last rib. (See L, Figs. 153 and F, 154.) 4. In the center of this skin incision the knife point should be thrust through the abdominal wall, making a perf
. Animal castration; a book for the use of students and practitioners. Castration; Spaying. COW, HEIFER AND CALF SPAYING 165 3. Beginning 2 inches below the transverse process of the lumbar ver- tebrae, a slightly diagonal incision, three and one-half inches long, should be made through the skin only. The exact site of this incision is througjh the middle of the triangle between the external angle of the ilium and the posterior border of the last rib. (See L, Figs. 153 and F, 154.) 4. In the center of this skin incision the knife point should be thrust through the abdominal wall, making a perforation large enough to admit. Fig. 156—The skin incision closed by three interrupted sutures; N, heavy silk or linen sutures; O, lips of the incision accurately approximated. one finger only. The knife is now put aside, as there is no further usie for it. 5. One finger of the operating hand is thrust through the perforation in the abdominal wall, and by stretching the wound, two fingers are ad- mitted—index fingers of each hand. With these two fingers the muscular fibers are torn apart sufficiently to admit the whole hand. 6. With the left hand inside the abdominal cavity the body of the. 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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