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velopes were thickened and oedematous, but only slightly adherent to 

 the gland itself. No change could be discovered in the cord. On the 

 left side the envelopes were also swollen ; the testicle, however, ap- 

 peared normal. Rectal examination showed no enlargement of the 

 sublumbar glands. The animal did not react to mallein. 



On the nth May the animal was cast on the table and fixed for 

 castration. After careful disinfection of the parts the right testicle 

 was removed by crushing the cord. There was very little haemor- 

 rhage, and no dressing was employed. ■ 



The testicle was double the normal size. On incision its tissue 

 appeared little changed. This was not the case, however, with the 

 epididymis, the termination of which had been transformed into a 

 tumour the size of an orange, formed of whitish, firm, fibrous tissue. 

 The cord appeared healthy, except over its serous surface, where it was 

 covered with small reddish granulations. 



During the night and following days the wound was cleansed with 

 warm sublimate solution. Swelling of the sheath increased until the 

 20th May, after which it diminished, and the wound appeared to be 

 healing regularly. 



On the 29th the swelling resulting from operation had greatly 

 diminished, but the envelopes of the left testicle were thicker and more 

 infiltrated than at the time of entry. The testicle was removed. Enu- 

 cleation was rendered somewhat difficult by the induration of the sub- 

 dartoid connective tissue. The cord was divided with the ecraseur, 

 haemorrhage being trifling and of short duration. 



The testicle was about one third larger than normal. The glandular 

 tissue was infiltrated. The part of the cord removed was enlarged, 

 and, like the right cord, covered with small vegetations. The vaginal 

 sheath contained a little reddish liquid. 



During the following days the animal's general condition and appe- 

 tite remained good, though fever existed, the temperature varying be- 

 tween 39*4° and 39'8° C. There was considerable oedema about the 

 wound, the swelling extending four inches beyond the front of the 

 sheath. 



The general condition remained stationary until the nth June, and 

 no disquieting symptoms occurred. 



On the I2th the morning temperature was 39*2° C, evening 39*6° C. 

 During the day the animal appeared depressed and spiritless, but ate 

 all its food. Next morning it was found dead in its stall. 



Autopsy. — The castration wounds were granulating throughout. 

 The external envelopes were about two inches and a half to three 

 inches and a quarter in thickness, and engorged with serosity. At the 

 base of the operation wound in each division of the scrotum was a 

 rounded swelling, the size of an apple, formed by the end of the cord, 

 which was dense, firm, and of fibrous appearance on section. Both 

 cords were covered with little whitish swellings, and vegetations similar 

 to those found in the parts removed. The sheath was enlarged and 

 oedematous, but without special feature. 



Abdominal Cavity : The great omentum was riddled with tubercles, 

 hard or soft in consistence and isolated or massed together in the 



