DISEASES OF THE MALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 311 



CRUSHINa OF THE TESTICULAR CORD. 



This consists of crusliing the spermatic cord with a hammer; 

 the vessel continuing, meanwhile, to be covered with its enve- 

 lopes. It was first used in the year 1826, and is most commonly 

 practiced in some French districts. 



DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TORSION. 



This method is practiced in the southern part of France. The 

 position of the testicle is so changed that its lower extremity is 

 made to take the place of the npper, the cord is subject to a cer- 

 tain degree of tortion, and then the testicle is restored to its 

 normal position, to undergo a process of atrophy which destroys 

 its power of secretion by physiological action. The operation is 

 much easier performed in ruminants than in solipeds. 



CASTRATION OF CHRIPTORCHIDES. 



The abnormal development of animals in which the testicles 

 have failed to make their appearance by descending through the 

 inguinal canal into the bags, is quite commonly met with in 

 horses, the animal being then known as a ridgling, or original. 

 The testicle may be found in the inguinal canal, or onl}^ remain- 

 ing close to its superior opening, or floating in the abdominal 

 cavity. 



MODE OF OPERATION. 



I will here give my method of operating, as it may be of in- 

 terest to the reader. This operation requires a thorough knowl- 

 edge of the anatomy of the parts, which can only be obtained by 

 dissection. No one should attempt the operation unless thor- 

 oughly familiar with the parts. 



The animal should be cast with the side linej and bi)lh hind 

 feet tied to the fore ones. Place the animal on his back, make an 

 incision about six inches long in the scrotum where the testicle 

 is normally situated. Then divide the second layer of the cover- 



