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the first wound. Likewise, in operating upon a 

 horse with one abdominal testicle, where the 

 scrotal testicle has been removed, and the opera- 

 tor errs by cutting in upon the wrong side and 

 has inserted his hand into the peritoneal cavity, 

 he should not make a second wound, but remove 

 the testicle through the wound already made. 



After Treatment.— After a cryptorchid tes- 

 ticle has been withdrawn from the abdomen, the 

 method of severing the cord is usually a minor 

 matter. In our first class, which includes proba- 

 bly ninety-nine per cent of the cases, and in 

 which the gland has been arrested in its develop- 

 ment, it is comparatively non-vascular and does 

 not bleed. 



The completion of the operation may vary. In 

 the flank operation, the abdominal wound is 

 naturally sutured. If the inguinal operation has 

 been cleanly accomplished with unimportant lac- 

 eration of tissues and without danger of visceral 

 prolapse, it may well be sutured. If there is 

 danger of visceral prolapse or of serious infec- 

 tion, antiseptic tampons should be inserted up to 

 the internal ring, and held in position by sutures. 



