Produced by deaurider, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Notes Texts between _underscores_ and between =equal signs= are transcriptions of texts printed in italics and boldface, respectively. Small capitals have been transcribed as ALL CAPITALS. More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text. ANIMAL CASTRATION. BY A. LIAUTARD, M.D., H.F.R.C.V.S., Professor of Anatomy, Operative Surgery and Sanitary Medicine to the American Veterinary College, New York, Foreign Corresponding Member of the Société Centrale de Médecine Vétérinaire, Paris, Member of the Société Vétérinaire d’Alsace-Lorraine, Member of the Société Vétérinaire Pratique, Paris, Member of the U. S. Veterinary Medical Association, Etc., etc. With Forty-four Plates embodied in the Text. [Illustration] NEW YORK WILLIAM R. JENKINS VETERINARY PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER 850 SIXTH AVENUE LONDON: BALLIÈRE, TINDALL & COX 1884 Copyright, 1884. W. R. JENKINS. PRESS OF W. R. JENKINS, 860 SIXTH AVE., N. Y. TO HENRY BOULEY, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF PARIS, This little practical work is respectfully dedicated in testimony of the continued esteem and respectful remembrance of one who was fortunate in being numbered among his former students, by THE AUTHOR. INTRODUCTION. In presenting this concise treatise upon castration of the domestic animals, it is not intended to offer new modes of operation, but merely to collect together the various methods in use and leave the reader to appreciate them at their value. It is a work which, it is believed, has not yet been done in English veterinary literature, and on this account it is hoped will prove of interest and use to those engaged in that specialty of veterinary surgery. In gathering the material, advantage has been taken of several of the most recent works of French and German writers on the subject, and plates have been obtained from the original and excellent wood cuts of Zundel, and Peuch, and Toussaint. In presenting this volume to the indulgence of veterinarians, it is with pleasure that the author acknowledges and offers his sincere thanks to Dr. Holt for the great assistance he has kindly given in revising the manuscript. THE AUTHOR. ANIMAL CASTRATION. ANIMAL CASTRATION. CHAPTER I. DEFINITION -- ITS VARIOUS PURPOSES -- AN OLD OPERATION -- ITS HISTORY -- CASTRATION OF NECESSITY -- CASTRATION OF FASHION AND CONVENIENCE -- ITS EFFECTS -- UPON THE GENERAL ORGANISM -- UPON SOME SPECIAL FUNCTION -- UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANIMAL -- AGE AT WHICH IT OUGHT TO BE PERFORMED -- SEASON MOST FAVORABLE -- PREPARATION OF THE PATIENT -- MODES OF RESTRAINT -- CASTING -- STANDING UP -- ANATOMY OF THE PARTS.