In the adult, union by first intention may often be obtained by a dry dressing of iodoform-wool thickly covered with collodion, so as to protect it from the urine. This may be left unchanged for four or five days. _There is usually a good deal of swelling of the mucous membrane about the frænum, and some solid oedema usually remains for some weeks after the operation._ This gradually subsides, and a linear cicatrix remains, which causes the patient no inconvenience.... _The chief points to be attended to in the performance of this operation, and on which its after-success is most dependent, are_--1. That too much skin be not removed; 2. That the mucous membrane be slit up to the base of the glans; 3. That too much of it be not removed; 4. That all bleeding vessels be tied with catgut ligatures, which must be cut short; 5. That the mucous membrane be well turned back, so as to cover the gap left by the retracted skin; 6. That all sutures be of catgut, which will be absorbed, and thus save the pain of taking them out. The _modus operandi_ of different surgeons varies in particular details, usually of a slight and unimportant character. The pithy description contained in Maunders _Operative Surgery_ may be appropriately quoted: The extremity of the foreskin being seized with forceps is drawn well forwards; the whole prepuce is embraced with the blades of dressing-forceps, immediately anterior to the _glans penis_, and cut off in front of the latter instrument. As soon as the forceps are removed, the skin will become retracted, leaving the mucous membrane still about the glans; this is slit up longitudinally as far as the corona, when it may be turned back, and its edge will come into apposition with the circular wound in the skin. The operation is now complete; but in the adult it will be well to introduce a few interrupted sutures. The prepuce has sometimes been _slit up longitudinally on a director_. Although well suited to cases of adventitious phimosis in the adult, the method is in no way adapted to the congenital form, and has never found general favour with the medical profession. It has no advantages over circumcision; although retaining the prepuce, it still leaves the glans largely uncovered; and the sharp corners of the divided skin, unless trimmed and rounded off, produce a very unsightly after-appearance.