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Peritonitis or septicaemia is usually rapidly fatal, though the first 

 occasionally takes a chronic course of several weeks before death 

 supervenes. 



As a rule, little or no pus is formed, but should it appear, the front 

 and back stitches in the skin wound may be loosened, and the latter 

 washed out once daily with carbolic, creolin, or sublimate solution. 

 Provided fever or loss of appetite is not marked, after-treatment is 

 unnecessary, and the animal may return to work in about fourteen days. 



I.C.L.A.R. r.T. P 



Fig, 255. — The prepubic and inguinal regions seen from below. fOn either side 

 of the middle line is visible the lower abdominal ring and the entrance to the 

 inguinal canal.) 



l.c.L A.R. Inner commissure of the lower abdominal ring. o.(".l..\.r. Outer 

 commissure of the lower abdominal ring. i.l. Inner lip. o.l. Outer lip. 

 O.A.I. Obliquus abdominis internus muscle, t. Testicle covered with the tunica 

 vaginalis propria. It has descended as far as the lower abdominal riny 

 (inguinal cryptorchidism), g. Fibrous band representing the gubernaculum 

 testis. L. The dotted line shows the position and direction of the opening 

 made in the obliquus abdominis internus muscle when operating by Bang and 

 Moller's method. c.T. Common tendon of the abdominal muscles. P. Section 

 through penis, s. Skin m. Median line. 



Sometimes great difficulty is experienced in finding the testicle. 

 One operator recommends passing the hand towards the bladder, 

 finding the vas deferens, and tracing it back towards the testicle. 

 Occasionally the testicle cannot be found. Even so skilled an 

 operator as Degive failed m four instances; Sand relates two, Bayer 

 one or more. Should it prove impossible to withdraw the testicle 

 Degive divides the spermatic cord, and allows the testicle to fall back 

 into the abdomen. When the enlargement is cystic Degive brings the 

 testicle near the inguinal ring, thrusts a fine trocar through the 



