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left a recurrence may be expected. The wound is then 

 treated antiseptically, and afterwards left alone. As a rule 

 it gives no further trouble. Another, and more bloodless, 

 method of removal consists in the application of a ligature 

 around the base of the tumour, this being then allowed to 

 drop off, or being removed with scissors on the second day 

 afterwards. In very severe cases only a certain number 

 should be removed at the one operation, the mucous mem- 

 brane being allowed to heal before more are taken away, 

 and the parts daily treated with some non-irritant antiseptic 

 lotion. Large wounds may advantageously be drawn together 

 with fine silk sutures. The patient should be examined every 

 week or ten days for at least two months before being 

 declared free and used at stud. 



Wounds of the Prepuce. 



Occasionally, as in Fig. 172, a dog will become injured, 

 from contact with barbed wire and other causes, in the 

 region of the prepuce, and considerable difficulty is encoun- 

 tered in promoting healing. In the particular case here 

 alluded to, the patient, a bright little Yorkshire terrier, had 

 received an injury about three months before, and the penis 

 could not be prevented from protruding through the wound. '^ 



The edges of the oriiice had by this time become hardened 

 and half healed over. Various devices, such as the applica- 

 tion of a bandage, the insertion of sutures between the 

 mucous surface of the penis and the interior of the prepuce, 

 the freshening up of the edges, and the resuturing of the 

 wound, etc., were adopted, but without any permanent 

 degree of success. As a last resort Cherry's operation 

 (see p. 49) was tried, and the result was in every way 

 gratifying. 



1 G. Reddish and F. Hobday, Veteii nary Journal, vol. Ix., p. 338. 



