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line of the abdomen, two inches below the brim of the pubis for the 

 abdominal incision (A) (Fig. 86.) Care must be exercised to avoid the 

 penis, the course of which is in the median line. This incision should be 

 three inches long and penetrate all the layers of the abdominal wall. The 



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-Abdomiiial wall closed by three interrupted sutures. 



index and second linger are now introduced into the abdominal cavity, 

 and a search made for the testicle. This organ is usually short corded and 

 hangs against the posterior abdominal wall, directly in front of the abdom- 

 inal incision. If the spermatic cord be long, then the testicle itself may be 

 quite a distance below the abdominal incision, in which event the cord is 

 located and drawn through the abdominal incision, and as a natural conse- 



