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Animal Castration 



Fig. 94— Operation Completed by Three Interrupted Sutures. 



Usually by this time the intestines have already — by gravity — 

 returned to the abdominal cavity. The next step is to incise the 

 tmiica vaginalis near the ring, wliich exjDoses the cord. By trac- 

 tion on the cord the testicle can usually be withdrawn from the 

 scrotum, through the inguinal canal and out of the incision. The 

 testicle is now removed by severing its spermatic cord with emas- 

 culator, after Avhich drop stump of severed cord back into the 



