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sition and then fill prepuce with a five per cent 

 solution of cocaine. After waiting ten minutes to 

 allow the parts to become properly anesthetized, 

 expose the penis, pick up the growths with rat-tooth 

 forceps and snip them oiif with sharp scissors, cut- 

 ting well into the surrounding healthy tissue. The 

 resulting wound should be treated antiseptically 

 and, if extensive, sutured with fine silk (No. 00). 



