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Fig. 41. Miles' Ecrasure. 



Fig. 42. Haussmann's Emasculator. 



if no hernia (rupture) is present, take a firm hold on one of 

 the testicles., and with a sharp knife (Figs. 44 and 45) make a 

 free incision from before backwards about three-fourths of an 

 inch to one side of the centre division (raphe). Be sure you have 

 your hands and instruments perfectly clean before operating, so 

 as not to poison the wound. Cut deep enough to let the testicle 

 out of the scrotum (bag). Then grasp the other one and let it 

 out by cutting on the other side about the same distance from the 

 center. Put the chain of the ecrasure on the cord, or grasp it 

 with the emasculator, and cut it in two with whichever instru- 



