PRACTICAL CRYPTORCHID CASTRATION 59 



separating his hand from the peritoneal cavity. 

 With the same movement by which the opening is 

 made, it should be enlarged to a size sufficient to 

 admit three fingers, by the spreading of the two 

 fingers that have been used. If this is carried 

 out quickly and if the rent made is held open by 

 the two fingers and at the same time the hand is 

 retracted somewhat so as to make an empty space 

 in the upper end of the canal, the testicle or some 

 part of its cord will be forced out into the palm 

 of the hand. This will occur in a very large per- 

 centage of the cases, in all that are not compli- 

 cated by adhesions or grossly pathological testicles. 



This little process of "coaxing" the testicle out 

 is possible only when the animal is properly tied, 

 when the opening is properly located, when the 

 abdomen is not too empty, and there is an intra- 

 abdominal pressure, and when the animal is not 

 anesthetized. To the beginner, with some doubt 

 as to his ability, there is no more pleasant sensa- 

 tion than that produced by the testicle forcing 

 itself upon him and down the canal. 



If the "coaxing" process fails in its purpose 

 after a few seconds' trial, then the fingers explore 



