An Improved Instrument for Facilitating the Castration of Animals.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Instrument for Facilitating the Castration of Animals.
I, ERNEST JULIE, of Castres, Tarn, in the Republic of France, Veterinary
Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, and accompanying drawing, that is to say: -
My invention has for its object an apparatus of simple and practical con-
struction, for the castration of all kinds of domestic animals, large or small,
such as horses, mules, asses, bulls, rams, and the like.
By means of this apparatus, castration can be effected by what may be called
simultaneous compression, since the testicles and the scrotum will be operated
upon at one operation, without leaving any wounds.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention,
Figure 1 being a perspective view, of the instrument; and
Figure 2 a front view of the same.
The apparatus consists of two arms or halves, of suitable metal, jointed together
at one end A, and the instrument is always of the same type or character, but
its dimensions may be varied according to the size of the subject to be operated
on, and the mode of castration adopted.
The apparatus when complete presents two sides, two edges, and two ends.
The two sides, formed by the two connected arms or branches, are alike; and
they are flat, slightly hollowed out for the principal part of their surface, as
shown in the drawing, in order to reduce the weight of the instrument, and having
two central slightly curved edges D from four to six millimetres wide on both
arms.
The two arms or branches, tapering down to their ends, converge at one end
to the point where they are jointed together, and at the other end approach
each other and are provided with a screwed nut by which they can be brought
together or separated.
The two outer convex edges are provided with a light flange or rib B.
At one end the arms are jointed at A, almost in the same way as ordinary
compasses, and at their other end they are formed with two longitudinal forks
or recesses F, I, and with circular rounded notches N at their outer edges, which
are intended to receive the separate constricting or pinching devices necessary
in the operation, and in one of the forks is jointed at E a screw G having a quick-
pitched thread, and provided at its outer end with a winged thumb nut J. This
screw passes through the fork at I in the other arm or branch, and is used to
effect a rapid constriction at the time of the operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The apparatus for facilitating the castration of domestic animals of all kinds,
consisting of two arms or branches, curved at their edges, and jointed together
at one end, and having at their outer ends forks or recesses in one of which is

page_text: pivotted a quick threaded screw which passes between the sides of the other
fork and is provided at its outer end with a nut by which the ends of the arms
can be quickly drawn together when required, the outer edges of the forks being
provided with rounded notches to receive the separate constricting or pinching
devices used in the operation, all substantially as and for the purposes described
and illustrated.
ted this 22nd day of September 1899.
EDWARDS & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.