Animal Castration 



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Fig. 59 — Exuberant Granulations Which Have Assumed the Chronic Form and 

 Reached Enormous Size. 



If not attached to cord their removal and after treatment is a 

 simple matter, consisting in removing the skin by dissection well 

 around their base, controlling cutaneous hemorrhage and daily 

 washing the wound wdth antiseptic solution. 



Hydrocele {''Water Bag") — Is simply an accumulation of se- 

 rous fluid in the testicular sac (tunica vaginalis), from which the 

 testicle itself has been removed. 



Cause — There is only one cause for this condition. It may be 

 directly attributed to either the operator's carelessness or igno- 

 rance. The only reason for the development of hydrocele as a 

 sequelae of castration is leaving too much of the tunica vaginalis 



