104 FISTULA AND POLL-EVIL 
wo halves of the ligament. Widening the 
wound with the tumor forceps we then resect 
as much of the ligament as is thought to be 
diseased, making sure that the lowest limits of 
the disease have been reached. In the average 
case, not yet encroaching into the lamellar por- 
tion, the bottom of the cavity is found just 
under the funicular portion of the ligamnt. 
The wound is treated without drainage by 
smothering it well with boric acid and iodoform 
until cicatrization is well advanced. 
