t AMPUTATION OF THE PENIS. 121 



After the penis has been drawn out, and the preputial 

 region 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 

 upwards beyond the point where it is designed to amputate 

 the organ and a temporary elastic ligature, T, is then applied 



Amputation of the penis, showing needle inserted for a snture. 

 V, Dorsal vessels of penis ; A, Fibrous tunic of the corpus 

 cavernosum ; S, Skin ; CC, Corpus cavernosum ; CS, Corpus 

 spongiosum of urethra ; U, Urethra. 



above the assistant's liaiid 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. 



