44 ANIMAL CASTRATION 



to prevent the testicle being forcibly drawn down 

 through the ring- with any degree of safety. This 

 condition necessitates perforation of the abdominal 

 wall at a point higher than the inner abdominal ring, 

 perforating the peritoneum, securing the testicle and 

 drawing it out of the artificial opening at a point situ- 

 ated supero-posterior to the inner ring. In this man- 

 ner the epididymis is drawn back into the peritoneal 

 cavity and is drawn out, following the testicle. After 

 having secured the testicle where the cord will per- 

 mit of its being brought to the surface, it is readily 

 amputated with the emasculator. In some cases the 

 spermatic cord is very short, necessitating the re- 

 moval of the testicle within the inguinal canal, and 

 this is best accomplished with an ecraseur. 



In a class of cases wherein degenerated testicles, 

 cystic, hypertrophic or teratomatous are occasionally 

 encountered, there is need for a departure from the 

 technic usually employed in other cases. Cystic tes- 

 tiL'les, if large, may be secured by means of traction 

 on the spermatic cord and the fluid content aspirated 

 with trochar and cannula. 



In cases where the retained testicle is hypertrophic, 

 dense and not too large, the operator can with lubri- 

 cated hand introduced per rectum, crowd the testicle 

 at the same time that traction is exerted on the cord 

 and in this manner effect its removal from the abdom- 

 inal cavity. 



AVhere the abnormal testicle is of very large size, 

 making it unsafe to attempt removal by the inguinal 

 route, a laparotomy is necessary. This operation 

 should not be done, howevei', until the inguinal wound 

 has healed. 



The technic is executed with the subject under com- 



