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side of the base of the peduncle, diverging sufficiently to 

 pass on either side of it, and then converging to meet at an 

 equal distance on the distal side of the base, making a 

 wedge-shaped incision extending into the penial tissues, so 

 that the wound may be closed with chromatized catgut. In 

 this manner deformation of the penis will be avoided as far 

 as practicable. A careless transverse incision is more liable 

 to invade an important nerve or arterial trunk and inter- 



Fig. 70— Dermoid Cyst. Cryp tor chid. Stallion. 



I, Glandular tissue ; 2, osseous tissue ; J, cavity in the bony structure ; 



4, epididymis ; 5, spermatic cord. 



fere with the erection of the tissues supplied by the vessel. 

 If, in spite of such precautions, deformation occurs which 

 prevents copulation, or if the base of the tumor is too ex- 

 tensive to permit excision without serious deformation, re- 

 course must be had to amputation, as already described. 



Many other types of benign tumors involve the male geni- 

 tal organs, but they occur very rarely and offer nothing of 

 special importance in handling with reference to breeding. 



