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During the following days the temperature never rose beyond 

 38'7°C. The animal left hospital on the 4th November, at which time 

 the wound was about three quarters healed. 



III. A five-year-old Percheron horse, entered hospital 26th May, 

 1898. 



The right testicle had descended, but the left was retained in the 

 abdomen. The animal was prepared from the 26th May to the 2nd 

 June, and operated on by the modified Danish method. 



The testicle was found and withdrawn in a few minutes, and the 

 cord divided with the ecraseur. On the right side castration was per- 

 formed by the covered method. The right testicle weighed two and 

 three eighths ounces. 



On returning to its box the horse ate part of its food. The evening 

 temperature was 39*2° C. On the 3rd June the animal showed signs of 

 depression, and a certain amount of emphysema in the right flank. The 

 dressing was removed, and the wounds irrigated with a i per 1000 

 solution of sublimate. Appetite was fair. Temperature 39*5° C, 

 pulse 40, respirations 27. Four drachms of quinine sulphate, and 

 ■5 per cent, creolin enemata were given. 



On the 4th the temperature w^as 39*5° C, respirations 36, pulse 

 52. The pulse w^as feeble, the respiration shallow, and expiration 

 sighing. The animal ate part of its food. The evening temperature 

 was 41° C. 



On the 5th the emphysema in the flank remained stationary ; the 

 wound suppurated a little. Temperature 40*2° C, respirations 34, 

 pulse 54. Appetite was fair. Same treatment. Evening temperature 

 40-3° C. 



On the 6th the temperature was 40*6° C, respirations 46, pulse 54. 

 The creolin enemata were continued. Four drachms of quinine sul- 

 phate, and 8 ounces of sodium sulphate were given internally. 



On the 7th the patient refused part of its corn. Temperature 40*3° 

 C, respirations 46, pulse 54. 



A mustard plaster was applied. In the morning i drachm of 

 calomel, and in the evening 4 drachms of quinine sulphate were given. 

 The wounds were cleansed with sublimate solution. During the after- 

 noon prostration became very marked, and expiration moaning. 

 Evening temperature 40*8° C. 



During the following five days the condition remained stationary. 



On the 13th the temperature was 39*5° C, respirations 35, pulse 

 50. One quart of i per cent, salt solution was hypodermically injected, 

 andthree ounces of sodium bicarbonate.fivedrachmsof quinine sulphate, 

 and six quarts of milk given by the mouth. The animal ate little and 

 showed signs of colic and diarrhoea ; manipulation of the abdomen was 

 painful. 



On the 14th the general condition was bad. Morning temperature 

 38'5° C, respirations 20, pulse 44. One pint of salt solution was 

 injected. The abdomen was tapped at the lower part of the left flank, 

 and some quarts of a slightly turbid liquid, which gave an abundant 

 deposit, were withdrawn. One pint of salt solution, and four ounces of 



