246 
F. MAURI. 
cation were observed. The patient recovered, though with 
an extensive inguinal hernia which rendered him useless.” He 
continues : 
“ In the numerous cases in which I have operated I have 
followed the method of Degive on colts between one and two 
years old, in which one or both testicles were entirely with¬ 
in the inguinal canal, or where the epididymis was only in 
the superior opening. I have always seen oedema following 
the dilatation of the superior opening in the neighborhood of 
the wound, with high fever, and I have become convinced 
that the penetration through the inguinal ring is less advan¬ 
tageous than the division of the abdominal muscles and the 
formation of an artificial tract. And again, I have in many 
cases, with Mr. Peters, employed a process which I recom¬ 
mend highly, and which I believe has never been described. 
“ When once the position of the testicle has been well es¬ 
tablished, the animal is cast on the side opposite to that of 
the operation and chloroformed, and the posterior leg re¬ 
moved from the hobble and pulled backward. The skin of 
the flank is shaved and washed, first with soap, and then with 
a solution of corrosive sublimate. 
“ The horse is well covered with an oiled cloth pierced 
with an opening two hands wide ; an incision, ten centimeters 
long, is made below the external angle of the ilium, down¬ 
ward and forward, following the direction of the fibres of the 
small oblique of the abdomen, and involving only the muscu¬ 
lar tissue. This is then divided by a rotary motion of the 
hand, and the peritoneum penetrated by a sharp push of the 
fingers. It is a judicious precaution, in order to prevent the 
introduction of air, to envelop the arm with a cloth moistened 
with a solution of corrosive sublimate. 
“ An assistant feels through the rectum for the testicle, and 
pushes it toward the operator, and when it is brought outside 
the cord is amputated with the actual cautery and returned 
into the abdomen. During this manipulation the hind leg 
must be kept extended backward in order to assist when re¬ 
leased in the closing of the wound, which is afterward brought 
together by sutures and covered with iodo-formed collodion. 
