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adhesive inflammation at and above the point where 

 the amputation has been performed, it is below that 

 point in a process of cicatrization by the second in- 

 tention, the parts filling up by the development of 

 granulations, and being accused by an abundant 

 suppurative process. The first fact observed is that 

 the parts become more or less swollen. The swell- 

 ing is at first limited to the edges of the wound, but 

 increases and spreads to the scrotum, then to the 

 sheath, or even extends forwards and backwards to 

 the perineal region. A flow of serosity will be ob- 

 served almost immediately following the operation, 

 at first thin and yellowish, but will, before the second 

 or third day, become thicker and more purulent in 

 character, so progressing that after that period it 

 will become a laudable, creamy pus, in evidence of 

 the process going forward towards the establishment 

 of sound and healthy cicatrization. This cicatriza- 

 tion will proceed until the healing is complete — 

 that is, for a period varying between thirty and 

 forty days — the swelling slowly subsiding from 

 the moment when the suppuration becomes estab- 

 lished. 



In relation to the considerations on the modes 

 of cicatrization, we must bear in mind that these can 

 be considerably modified if the practitioner resorts 

 to careful measures of disinfection. Aseptic castra- 

 tion has always been the subject of close attention by 

 many and the results that have been obtained justify 

 the conclusions that : the aseptic operation is a prac- 

 tWal success in clinic, that it would be a practical 



