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through the peritoneum in order to reach the testicle, is a 
favoring circumstance for the introduction into that cavity of 
the blood which may have escaped from the laceration of the 
cellular tissue. And this will be especially possible if, as is 
not uncommonly the case, the testicle is not found immedi¬ 
ately and without searching, and if, when the hand having 
been withdrawn for rest, it may, when re-introduced, carry 
with it not only blood but also threads of lacerated connec¬ 
tive tissue, which may prove more than the most favorable 
media for the culture and growth of septic micro-organisms. 
In the mode of securing the patient for ordinary castra¬ 
tion, the hand of the operator always follows an upward 
course, and when it enters the peritoneum, has been, as it 
were, wiped off and cleansed, the blood and the fatty frag¬ 
ments which are set free being afterward carried out by the 
declivity of the region; and, moreover, the animal is better 
secured, his movements more restricted, and the action of the 
surgeon more certain. According to Mr. Degive, “ it is pro¬ 
motive of expedition in double cryptorchidy to keep the ani¬ 
mal on his back, with his four legs flexed against the trunk. 
To move the body slightlv on the right or the left, as the 
case may require, is sufficient to bring to a successful result 
the ablation of one or other of the testicles.” 
For myself, I will never advise operating upon a double 
cryptorchid at one sitting. I think it more prudent to wait 
before removing the second testicle until after the entire cica¬ 
trization of the first wound. The anesthesia recommended 
by Nielsen, Ostertag, Capon, Jacoulet, etc., I entirely disap¬ 
prove. 
The operation of the inguinal tract by the simple laceration 
of the connective tissue, which is the most important step of 
the operation, gives rise to only an insignificant amount of 
pain. The ablation of the testicle in ectopia is done either 
with the ecraseur or by limited torsion, without feeling on the 
part of the animal, considering the extreme atrophy of the 
elements forming the cord. The ordinary castration is much 
more painful. As for the execution of the manipulations, it 
is neither easier nor more certain by the immobility which 
