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cauterization can be advantageously employed, the 

 best method, in our judgment, would be the process 

 of amputation with Paccalin, or with the galvanic 

 cautery. We may here, while referring to the appli- 

 cation of electricity in this connection, appropriately 

 refer to our own experience of a number of years 

 ago, in treating an animal suffering with intra-scrotal 

 champignon, by electrolysis, and succeeding after two 

 applications, in obtaining the complete removal of 

 the tumor. This method, however, consumes too 

 much time to justify its employment in general prac- 

 tice. 



FISTULA OF THE SCROTUM. 



Being already aware of several causes of this com- 

 plication of the operation of castration, we may 

 readily appreciate the treatment they require. It 

 must be remembered that in a majority of cases, the 

 cause of this lesion is the presence of a foreign body 

 in the wound, and that until it is removed, it is in 

 vain to look for a cure. Prof. Bouley has reported 

 a case in which the fistula was due to the presence 

 of a pair of clamps over which the skin had almost 

 entirely cicatrized. 



INGUINAL HERNIA; HERNIA OF CASTRATION. 



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By this is understood the protrusion of some por- 

 tion of the contents of the abdominal cavity through 

 the inguinal ring, either a portion of the omentum 

 or of some part of the small intestines, creating 



