Animal Castration 133 



Fig. 103 — Canine and Feline Emasculator. 



Anatomy— The scrotum is suspended below the anis. The 

 raphe or "median line" is not well marked. The skin covering 

 the scrotum is soft and thin and covered sparsely with short stiff 

 hairs. 



Spermatic Cord—The spermatic cord and its covering — tunica 

 vaginalis— are slender in size and long. 



Testicle — The testicle is oval in shape and comparatively small. 

 Its long axis is oblique. 



Sterilization of Instruments and Cleansing Operator's Hands— 

 Boil instruments for 15 to 20 minutes, after which immerse them 

 in La^soI or Cresol Compound U. S. P., in the strength of one table- 

 spoonful to each quart of warm water. The operator's hands 

 should 1)6 thoroughly washed with tincture green soap and warm 

 water— using scrub brush— after w^hich wash them in above men- 

 tioned antiseptic solution. 



Preparation of Operative Field— It much hair is present on 

 the scrotum it should be clipped off, after which wash scrotum 

 with antiseptic solution and paint it with tincture iodine. 



Operative Technique — The modus operandi is very simple and 

 only requires a few seconds time in its perfomiance. With left 

 thumb and index finger grasp scrotum above testicles and make its 

 skin tense b\^ squeezing. With knife in right hand— b}^ two sweeps 



