Title: The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ..
Identifier: americanfarmersh00darl (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Darling, Andrew. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. , Journal of agriculture co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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DISEASES, ETC., PECULIAR TO THE MALE. 387 The colt may be cast with the hobbles or side lines, as for the ordinary castration. The'best position to get him into is on the back, as shown in the excellent engraving herewith presented. If one testicle is down, first remove it in the regular way already described; then open the empty sac on the other side, pass the fingers inward and to the outer side, when the opening of the canal C will be felt. At this point the finger may be passed into the canal, and very frequently the seed may be reached, drawn out, and removed by the ordinary method. But if it cannot be reached, the canal will have to
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THE RIDGLING CAST ON HIS BACK. Showing the position of the testicle, or seed. B—The testicle. C—The canal. D—The ring:. be laid open with a knife, and the testicle grasped and removed the same as before. When the testicle is still in the belly, its removal is generally very difficult, and the results frequently fatal. The canal having been opened, the fingers are formed into a cone and used to dilate the ring D, after which the fingers, or if necessary the whole hand, is passed into the cavity, the location of the seed, in the plurality of cases, being just in front of, and a little above, the ring D. The position

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