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sion made — by squeezing— to render skin <»f right side tense. Witli 

 knife in right hand the incision is made by one sweep of the knife 

 through all coats of the scrotum and the testicle itself exposed. 

 This incision should be about 3 1-2 inches long and extend well 

 down to the apex. The o])posite scrotal incision is made in like 

 manner. With the right hand grasp the testicles and with the left 

 hand strip the spermatic cords of their coverings until they are 



X 



-J- 



Fig. 99 — End Incision. H, Left Testicle in Scrotum; G, Riglit Testicle in 

 Scrotum; 1, Knife; J, Right Hand; K, Left Hand; L, Incision. 



well isolated as high as the summit of the scrotum. With left 

 hand grasp testicle and make two pounds traction on the cord— 

 outwards— at the same time apply emasculator to cord and force 

 it well up near summit of scrotum. Then l)y l)ringing the handles 

 of the instrument together the cord and its coverings are severed. 

 The end incision method (Figure 99), has many advantages 



