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object to be attained. It may be made at any point from 

 the glans penis to the attachment of the corpus cavernosum 

 to the ischium, but if possible in front of the preputial ring. 

 After the penis has been drawn out, and the preputial re- 

 gion carefully cleansed and disinfected, an assistant grasps 

 the organ just behind the preputial ring and holds it firmly. 

 A catheter is then introduced into the urethra and pushed 

 upward beyond the point where it is designed to amputate 



Fig. 63 — Amputation of the penis showing needle inserted 



for a suture. 



V, Dorsal vessels of penis ; A, fibrous tunic of the corpus cavernosum ; 



S, skin ; CC, corpus cavernosum ; CS, corpus spongiosum 



of urethra ; CI, urethra. 



the organ. A temporary elastic ligature, T, is then applied 

 above the assistant's hand around the penis, or a piece of 

 tape is looped around it above the hand and is made to serve 

 both as a tourniquet and as a means for holding the penis, 

 or the penis may be grasped in front of the ligature with 

 double tenaculum forceps and held. 



