102 ANIMAL CASTRATION. 



ing to different authors. While some prescribe de- 

 pletive and sedative treatment, laxatives and diu- 

 retics, many prefer tonics and stimulants. The Ger- 

 mans claim great results from the use of tincture of 

 arnica (in small doses) administered internallv. The 

 external treatment consists in sinapisms, warm 

 fomentations, poultices, or fumigations under the 

 abdomen. 



TETANUS. 



As with most cases of traumatic tetanus, this com- 

 plication is generally fatal, and it is, without doubt, 

 the most dangerous of all and marked by the greatest 

 mortality. It is generally admitted that exposure to 

 cold and dampness is one of the most prolific causes, 

 especially in animals which, having but recently re- 

 covered, are too soon put to work. The various 

 modes of operation have also been considered to 

 have some influence upon its development, though 

 there is probably no ground upon which this theory 

 can find a support. Whether the nature of the soil 

 of a district, or its atmospheric condition, may have 

 any connection with it, is also a question. We know 

 that in some portions of Long Island, cases of tetanus 

 are commonly met with, at some seasons of the year, 

 after surgical operations of every kind. It may ap- 

 pear within a few days following the castration, or it 

 may defer its visitation for a period of twenty days, 

 or longer. 



The treatment adopted for the tetanus of castra- 



