Chapter X: Section XI: Operations

I. CONTROL OF ANIMALS 720
Control of oxen 720
Partial control 720
Control of the limbs 720
General control 722
Control by casting 723
Control of sheep and goats 725
Control of pigs 725
Anæsthesia 726

II. CIRCULATORY APPARATUS 727
Bleeding 727
Bleeding in sheep 727
Bleeding in the pig 728
Setons, rowels, plugs, or issues 728

III. APPARATUS OF LOCOMOTION 730
Surgical dressing for a claw 730
Amputation of the claw or of the two last phalanges 730

IV. DIGESTIVE APPARATUS 734
Ringing pigs 734
Œsophagus 734
Passing the probang 735
Crushing foreign bodies in the œsophagus 735
Œsophagotomy 736
Sub-mucous dissection of the foreign body 736
Rumen 737
Puncture of the rumen 737
Gastrotomy 739
Laparotomy 740
Herniæ 741
Inguinal hernia in young pigs 741
Imperforate anus 742
Prolapsus and inversion of the rectum 743

V. RESPIRATORY APPARATUS 745
Trephining the facial sinuses 745
Trephining the horn core 745
Frontal sinus 745
Maxillary sinus 745
Tracheotomy 746

VI. GENITO-URINARY ORGANS 747
Urethrotomy in the ox 747
Ischial urethrotomy 747
Scrotal urethrotomy 748
Passage of the catheter and urethrotomy in the ram 749
Passage of the catheter in the cow 750
Castration 751
Castration of the bull and ram 751
Bistournage 751
Martelage 756
Castration by clams 756
Castration by torsion 757
Castration with the actual cautery 758
Castration by the elastic ligature 758
Castration of the ram 759
Castration of boars and young pigs 759
Castration of cryptorchids 760
Female genital organs 760
Castration of the cow 761
Castration of the sow 765
Suture of the vulva 768
Trusses 769
Section of the sphincter of the teat 770
Dilatation of the orifice of the teat 770
Ablation of the mammæ 771

DISEASES OF CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS AND SWINE.