AMPUTATION OF THE PENIS. 



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interrupted sutures as shown in Fig. II, Plate XVII in such 

 a manner that they pass through the urethral wall and the 

 skin so that when tied the wounded surfaces are completely 

 hidden and the urethral mucous membrane is brought into 

 apposition with the integument. Continue these sutures 

 down to the base of the triangle after which remove the 



Fig. 9. 



Amputation of the penis, showing needle inserted for a suture. 



V, Dorsal vessels of penis ; A, Fibrous tunic of the corpus 



cavernosum ; S, Skin ; CC, Corpus cavernosum ; CS, Corpus 



spongiosum of urethra ; U, Urethra. 



catheter and excise the organ by a cut extending in a slightly 

 oblique direction from below upwards and forwards. Take 

 a straight needle armed with the silk suture and passing 

 it through the margin of the utheral wound, the adjacent 

 fibrous capsule of the corpus cavernosum and across ■ but 



