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ting up like a dog, pawing the ground, sweating heavily; 

 the cord (spermatic) will be thickened and the scrotum 

 feel cold to the touch, in such cases give a large dose of 

 laudanum, three ounces in half a pint of raw linseed oil, 

 if possible throw and turn the animal on its back, and 

 after oiling the hand introduce it into the rectum, and 

 by gentle traction inside and working outside the bowel 

 may be returned. 



Scirrhus cord is a disease of the cord (spermatic), the 

 result of fungus invasion following castration; my expe- 

 rience has been that all the cases seen had been operated 

 on with clamps; if the cord becomes imprisoned between 

 the lips of the wound made at castration this condition 

 may result, hence the necessity for examination of the 

 parts a few days after castration, the wound should then 

 be bathed with a warm antiseptic solution, the operator's 

 fingers being clean, and if the cord is in view, as de- 

 scribed, it should be pushed up into the scrotum. The 

 symptoms of this enlargement (so much that people say 

 the animal was not castrated) of the cord are, discharge 

 of pus for months after the operation, straddling gait, 

 some stiffness of the hind quarters and even loss of flesh; 

 for this condition give Iodide of Potash, one to three 

 drams daily, according to the age of the animal; if that 

 does not cure after two to three weeks use of the drug, 

 the surgeon's aid will need to be invoked. 



Bleeding of Animals has gone out of fashion the result 

 of the swing of the pendulum from the other extreme; 

 it has, however, its advantages, and at snch times is very 

 beneficial, especially in such cases as founder (laminitis), 

 congestion of the lungs and brain troubles; it should 



