CHAPTER IV.
THIRD METHOD OF CASTRATION — CRUSHING OF THE TESTICULAR CORD — DOUBLE SUBCUTANEOUS TORSION — BISTOURNAGE — FOUR STEPS OF THE OPERATION — SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING — CASTRATION OF CRYPTORCHIDS — INGUINAL CRYPTORCHIDY — ABDOMINAL CRYPTORCHIDY — MODUS OPERANDI — FIVE STEPS IN THE OPERATION — EFFECTS FOLLOWING THE OPERATION OF CASTRATION — MODE OF CICATRIZATION — HYGIENIC AND SUBSEQUENT ATTENTIONS OR AFTER CARES.
As I have before stated, the third method of castration embraces the processes in which the testicular envelopes are left intact, while it is the gland or cord which is submitted to the peculiar manipulations by which their structure, and therefore the secreting powers of the testicle, are so essentially modified. In treating of this method, two special operations present themselves for our consideration, to wit: the crushing of the testicular support, and the double subcutaneous twisting, or bistournage of the French. These are employed principally in the castration of ruminants, though efforts have been made to apply the latter in the case of solipeds. The modes of operating which we have already described are, however, also applicable to the ruminants.