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the small oblique in the production of eventration. In num¬ 
erous operations made on special subjects, I have often ob¬ 
served eventrations when the animals were destroyed imme¬ 
diately after the perforation of the inguinal interstice, and 
under the influence of the cadaveric flacciditv the relaxed 
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small oblique has easily permitted the intestines whose peris¬ 
taltic contractions have continued to enter the wide opening 
made by the hand of the operator. At the cavalry school of 
Saumur, where anesthesia is always used, a bandage is 
always applied to prevent eventration after the operation. 
Mr. Degive, with the same object as Mr. Jacoulet of keep¬ 
ing the intestines in place in case an eventration should take 
place after the operation, closes the wound of the scrotum 
with sutures. Like Mr. Degive, I took the same precaution 
with the first eight horses on which I operated, but since then, 
having seen its uselessness, I have in my last four operations 
(three abdominal and one inguinal) left the wounds to them¬ 
selves without any suture and dressing, and I have had no 
reason to regret the result. 
Preparation of the Region — Instruments .—The inguinal re¬ 
gion and surrounding parts being well exposed, they are to 
be thoroughly washed with soap, well wiped out, and then 
submitted to a second washing with Van Swieten’s solution. 
Let me remark at this point that the operator and his as¬ 
sistant must also have their hands and arms thoroughly 
washed, the hands quite clean, and the nails freed from all 
impurities. Washing with corrosive sublimate solution is 
the thing required. 
The selection of instruments is very simple. A convex bis¬ 
toury, an ecraseur or torsion forceps, all thoroughly cleansed 
and dipped in an antiseptic solution. 
I prefer the torsion to the ecraseur. But this would bet¬ 
ter be employed when the cord is short, and the testicle can¬ 
not be readily drawn close to the inguinal ring. 
Modus Operandi. 
Though delicate, the operation is one of great simplicity. 
It will be better to consider abdominal cryptorchidy as being 
