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have been forced to make the opening large 

 enough to admit the hand. 



Inserting the index finger, or the entire hand, 

 the operator frequently recognizes the gland at 

 once, lying just by the incision. Otherwise he 

 reaches the inguinal ring, grasps the guberna- 

 culum, glides along it to the epididymis, and 

 thence to the testicle. 



Double Cryptorchids.— In double cryptor- 

 chidisnj in small animals, both testes may be re- 

 moved through one incision, or, having opened 

 the wrong flank when but one gland is retained, 

 he may still complete his operation through the 

 erroneous incision. He merely needs pass his in- 

 dex finger, or his hand, along the floor of the 

 abdomen, across to the opposite inguinal ring, 

 gra^p the gland, draw it across to the other side 

 and out through the incision. 



So, in the cryptorchid horse, if he is a double 

 cryptorchid and the operator has inserted his en- 

 tire hand in order to secure the first testicle, he 

 should not make a second wound, but reach 

 across beween the viscera and abdominal floor, 

 seize the second testicle and remove it through 



