AMPUTATION OF THE PENIS. 



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Fig. 4776,— Stump of Amputated Penis, with Stitches uniting Urethra and Skin. 



The sewing done and the upper ligature removed, the penis re- 

 tracts within the sheath, and the animal is allowed to rise. 



"We have been performing this operation for fifteen years, and 

 have never yet met with the slightest complication or disappoint- 

 ment. 



In dogs the amputation of the penis is indicated for about the 

 same diseased processes as in the horse. The amputation, however, 

 does not include only the soft tissues, but also the bone of the penis, 

 which is divided with nippers or a saw. The division of the cav- 

 ernous body is done with the ligature or the ecraseur. Strictures 

 of the urethra are of common occurrence after this operation, and 

 can be overcome only by the repeated introduction of the catheter, 

 or the enlargement of the urethral opening with the knife. 



