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orthoform and collodion, the sutures being removed in four or 

 five days. To prevent the animal from licking the wound,, 

 the device known as an Elizabethan collar (Fig. 27), made 

 of some stiff material such as wood, leather, or tin, is very 

 useful. 



If asepsis has not been properly carried out, the best plan 

 is not to suture, but to treat .the part as an open wound, 



Fig- 177. — Aged Wire-haired Terrier with Ectopic Left 

 Testicle and Chronic Orchitis. 



antiseptics being freely applied two or three times a day. 

 Exercise is always beneficial, and the prognosis is favourable 

 in most cases. The chief precautions to take are : In the 

 dog, to guard against haemorrhage either at the time or 

 afterward ; in the cat, carefully to clip off the hair before 

 making the incisions, to avoid asphyxiating the animal when 

 holding it, and to be careful not to excise the penis by 

 mistake. When the latter is done, death invariably ensues. 



