CHAPTEE II. 



CLASSIFICATION OP THE METHODS — THREE CLASSES — 

 FIRST, IMMEDIATE AMPUTATION SECOND, AMPUTA- 

 TION AFTER APPLICATION OP HEMOSTATIC MEANS 

 UPON THE CORD — THIRD, WITHOUT AMPUTATION, BUT 

 DESTRUCTION OF SECRETING POWER OF THE ORGAN 

 SIMPLE EXCISION — SCRAPING TEARING AND TOR- 

 SION TORSION FREE AND LIMITED ABOVE OR 



BELOW THE EPIDIDYMIS — LINEAR CRUSHING — FIRING. 



The methods of performing the operatiou of cas- 

 tration may be variously cLissitied, tliough in each 

 class a varying number of modes will come under 

 our notice. 



The first class Avill include the operations by which, 

 the envelopes having been cut through, the vaginal 

 sac opened and the testicle exposed, the organ is 

 separated by an immediate section of the cord. A 

 number of different processes are included under 

 this head, among which are those of scrapimj, of tear- 

 ing, of torsion, of linear crusJdng, or by the ecraseur, 

 aod oi firing, or the actual cautery. 



