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30 per cent, tincture of iodine were afterwards injected by the cannula. 

 The evening temperature was 39° C. Hypodermic injection of one 

 pint of salt solution ; oral administration of 4 drachms quinine sulphate, 

 ij drachms of laudanum, and six quarts of milk. 



On the 15th improvement was perceptible. The animal had eaten 

 its food, and its expression was brighter. Temperature 38'6° C, 

 respirations 24, pulse 48. The same treatment as on the previous day 

 was continued. 



On the i6th improvement was again marked. The diarrhoea had 

 diminished, and the animal took note of its surroundings. Tempera- 

 ture 38"4° C, respirations 28, pulse 40. Same treatment. 



On the 17th and i8th the appetite was good ; the faeces became 

 more consistent. Temperature 38*2° C, respirations 14, pulse 40. 

 The injections of salt solution were continued, and the oats increased. 

 During the following days the last symptoms disappeared. 



On the 23rd the temperature was normal, and the wounds had 

 almost healed. The animal left hospital on the 26th, was put to work 

 some days later, and rapidly recovered its condition and strength. 



Remark. — Even in solipeds the peritoneum is fairly tolerant. It is 

 well protected against infection, otherwise the mortality after intra- 

 abdominal operations, as usually practised, would be considerable, for 

 despite all precautions morbid germs are introduced into the peri- 

 toneum. But not only are complications rare, but traumatic fever is 

 often very moderate. 



In castrating cryptorchids it is of the greatest importance to avoid 

 soiling the hands, the ecraseur, the forceps, or the ligatures applied to 

 the cord. If at first the testicle cannot be found, the operator must 

 under no circumstances perform rectal exploration, and if an assistant 

 carries out this part of the operation he must not afterwards touch the 

 instruments, especially the chain of the ecraseur, even though his 

 hands have been washed and disinfected. Against this possible source 

 of inoculation of the operative wound special care must be taken. The 

 peritoneum may be infected even though the soiling of the operator's 

 fingers occurred one or two days previously if an abscess has been 

 opened or a post-mortem examination made. Under such circumstances 

 the fingers remain infected for two or three days, even though washed 

 with germicide solutions, and unless the most minute precautions are 

 observed, asepsis of the veterinary surgeon's hands is for this reason 

 almost always a fallacy. 



For the past four years I have used the modified Danish method in 

 castrating cryptorchids in my portion of the hospital. It can very 

 readily be performed even by the average practitioner. It is not more 

 dangerous than other methods, and has the great advantage over them 

 of allowing all the details of the different operative acts to be followed 

 visually. 



CRYPTORCHIDISM IN THE CAT. 



112. A two-year-old cat, left in hospital 4th May, 1898. 

 Two months before a veterinary surgeon had excised the right 

 testicle. Somewhat later an unsuccessful attempt had been made to 



