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scrotal hernia, we deviate from the above-described method of castration 

 by ligating the intersecting membrane externally and as close as possible 

 to the external inguinal ring, having first twisted the sac several times, 

 the wound is sewed up and a bandage put on for several days. In valu- 

 able breeding animals the testicle of the affected side only is removed. 



Inguinal Hernia in the Bitch. — This is generally observed in bitches 

 that have had puppies, although it has also appeared early in life from 

 no apparent cause. It is also congenital. Gutman saw a bitch three 

 months old that had an inguinal hernia. This condition is either lateral 



Fig. 127. — Genital organs of the dog: 1, Scrotum opened; 2, right testicle; 3, body of the epididy- 

 mis; 3', globus major and, 3", globus minor; 4, spermatic cord; 5, vas deferens; 6, prepuce (partially 

 dissected); 7, free portion of the penis; 7', posterior attachment of the penis; 8, erectile masses (bulbous 

 bodies); 8', size of erectile masses when distended by blood. 



or bilateral. The hernial sac in this condition is doul^le, the internal 

 being peritoneum, the external the skin and part of the mammary 

 gland. In a hernia of any size we find it invariably contains the 

 uterus, particularly when that organ is heavy with foetus, or other 

 abdominal organs, for instance the bladder, loops of intestine, or the 

 omentum. Cadeac found in a unilateral inguinal rupture the size of 

 a child 's head on the right side, the entire intestinal tract and on the 

 left side the omentum, the spleen, uterus and the bladder. An 



