94 ANIMAL CASTBATION. 



the tired hand in all directions, it is better when it is 

 possible to resort to an assistant to explore by rectum 

 the prepubic region and push the organ towards the 

 hand of the operator. This help of the assistant has 

 not been sufficiently resorted to, for in many instan- 

 ces it would have saved the necessity of introducing 

 the whole hand in the abdomen. 



When the testicle is small, it is always easy to 

 push it through the peritoneal opening and draw it 

 towards the inferior inguinal ring. If the epididymis 

 is first entered into the canal, by pulling on it, the 

 testicle will soon follow. Likewise, if it is the cord. 

 There is some difficulty only when the gland is large. 

 In this case, its entrance in the canal is not without 

 danger; if it is drawn only by simple pulling, the 

 intestines might follow after it and pass through the 

 widely open orifice. To avoid this accident, one 

 must proceed as follows : while the hand is still 

 three-quarter engaged in the abdomen, with its 

 dorsal face gently raising the small oblique, the tes- 

 ticle, being previously brought to the edges of the 

 opening, is squeezed in the bottom of the hand by 

 flexion of the fingers, while the body of the hand 

 remains watching and stops the intestines. Once 

 the gland in the canal, the fingers are spread 

 open gently and carefully withdrawn, moving to- 

 wards the crural arch ; those manipulations have 

 for results to allow the small oblique to come in 

 contact with the crural arch and close the opening 

 of the case. 



In case the great size of the testicle shoud be due 



