Identifier: surgicalobstetri02will (find matches)
Title: Surgical and obstetrical operations
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, W. L. (Walter Long), 1856-1945 Pfeiffer, Wilhelm, 1870-
Subjects: Veterinary surgery
Publisher: Ithaca, N. Y., The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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AMPUTATION OF THE PENIS. 107 interrupted sutures as shown in Fig. II, Plate XVII in sucha manner that they pass through the urethral wall and theskin so that when tied the wounded surfaces are completelyhidden and the urethral mucous membrane is brought intoapposition with the integument. Continue these suturesdown to the base of the triangle after which remove the
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Fig. 9. Amputation of the penis, showing needle inserted for a suture. V, Dorfeal 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 slightlyoblique direction from below upwards and forwards. Takea straight needle armed with the silk suture and passingit through the margin of the utheral wound, the adjacentfibrous capsule of the corpus cavernosum and across but 108 VA GINAL O VARIO TO MY IN THE MA RE. not through the erectile tissue, insert it again into thesuperior portion of the fibrous capsule and carry it outthrough the adjacent dorsal vessels and the skin as shownin Fig. 9, and bringing the ends of the sutures together,tie in such a wa)^ that it brings the uretheral mucous mem-brane and the margin of the skin in immediate contact andcloses the blood vessels securely in such a manner as toguard against hemorrhage. By this plan when the

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