CHAPTER Vffl 



The Abdomen — Continued 



THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF THE MALE 



The Penis and Prepuce 



EXAMINATION. 



To expose the penis, hopple the animal in the dorsal position, 

 hold the prepuce lightly at its free extremity and retract it with 

 the fingers of one hand, grasp the penis through the prepuce at the 

 level of the posterior extremity of the penial bone with the fingers 

 of the other hand, and push it forward till it is prominently free of 

 the prepuce. Tie a piece of tape round the glans, and therewith 

 draw the organ gradually out till it is fully exposed. 



CONGENITAL MALFOBMATIONS. 



Abnormalities of the penis are rarely met with. Taylor has 

 recorded a case of arrested development in which the organ, instead 

 of protruding in the ordinary manner from the prepuce made its 

 exit through an oval orifice in the skin in the raphe in front of the 

 scrotum. Congenital phimosis is sometimes seen. It is described 

 elsewhere. Hermaphroditism is also occasionally witnessed. 



TRAUMATIC LESIONS. 



Injuries to the penis most often result from the bites of other 

 dogs, but there is another class of injuries occasioned by the male- 

 volence of human beings which at times comes to the notice of the 

 practitioner. I refer to strangulation resulting from the appli- 

 cation of constricting material, and also to mutilation, by individ- 

 uals of brutal instinct while the animal is in the act of copulation. 

 Vatel witnessed a case of strangulation which resulted from the 

 presence of a ligature which probably had been applied to the parts 

 under these conditions. Bang found a ribbon twisted round the 



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