Fig. 19.
DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TORSION IN CATTLE.
Third step. Position of the hands when the torsion is about being made.
Fig. 20.
DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TORSION IN CATTLE.
Third step. Position of the hands during the torsion.
The third step, or that of the torsion of the cord, now presents itself to our notice. To effect this, the testicle must be firmly held at the bottom of the envelopes ([Fig. 19]), the left hand placed forward upon the cord, and the right behind and upon the testicle. The operator then gives to the organ a twist with the right hand by a motion of rotation from left to right and from without inwards, while with the other he draws upon the cord in the opposite direction. The result of this manipulation is to give to the gland half a turn around the cord ([Fig. 20]), which thus becomes displaced and takes a posterior position. By a change in the action of the hands, but a repetition of the same movement, the right hand now acting on the cord, while the left is applied to the testicle, the remaining portion of the motion of rotation is performed, and a complete torsion of the spermatic support accomplished. By repeating this action, of course as many turns of the cord as may be thought necessary, can be secured, two, however, being generally found sufficient, although, in a few instances as many as four or five may be required—never more than that. The length of the cord is the principal controlling circumstance. When these several steps have been completed with one testicle, their repetition is, of course, in order with the other. And when both have been treated, the consummation of the operation is called for by entering upon the fourth step, or that of the application of the ligature.
Fig. 21.