AMPUTATION OF THE PENIS 



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Technic. The operation is carried out on the recumbent 

 animal under local or general anaesthesia, the upper hind 

 foot being drawn backward or upward or otherwise so fixed 

 as not to obstruct the field of operation. The point of 

 operation is determined by the character of the disease and 

 the object to be attained. It may be made at any point 



FIG. 43. 



Amputation of the penis, showing needle inserted for a suture. 

 V, Dorsal vessels of penis ; A, fibrous tunic of the corpus 

 ca'vernosum ; S, skin ; CC, corpus cavernosum ; CS, corpus 

 spongiosum of urethra ; U, urethra. 



from the glans penis to the attachment of the corpus caver- 

 nosum to the ischium. If possible, amputate in front of the 

 preputial ring. 



