ANIMAL CASTRATION. §1 



Dressing.— Wa.sh. the cutaneous wound, dust it with 

 iodoform, sew it with three interrupted sutures. 

 Drain tubes are used by some. Cadiot resorts to 

 antiseptic gauze only. 



BELGIAN METHOD. 



Instncments. — A bistoury, an ecraseur, hemostatic 

 forceps, cotton, gauze, needle and thread. 



The operation, well described by Degive, is made 

 in four steps. 



First Step. — Incision of the Skin, Dartoic Coat and 

 Connective Tissue Underneath. — This is done as in the 

 preceding Danish method. 



Second Stejx — Holloioing the Inguinal Tract and Per- 

 foration of the Peritoneum. — This is the dangerous 

 step of the operation. It can be executed with either 

 hand, although it is better and safer to use that cor- 

 responding to the side of the concealed testicle, the 

 right hand for the right organ, the left for the other. 

 With the fingers closed together, cone-like, the hand 

 is carried towards the entrance of the tract, by the 

 external ring, the cubital border of the hand resting 

 on the pubic commissure and the extremity of the 

 fingers in contact with the crural arch. The way the 

 hand has to follow is all indicated : outwards and 

 straight towards the lumbar region or slightly back 

 of it. The external angle of the ilium being taken 

 as guide, with "moderate force" the hand is pushed 

 in the canal, the fingers always on the crural arch; 

 progressing slowly with semi-rotatory motion, with 

 slight opening of the fingers and avoiding injury to 



