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DISEASES OF THE HOESlt 



resolution to do so. It has been recently demonstrated 

 that castration can be performed on aged horses with as 

 much safety as on those in colthood. This is attributed to 

 the mode or manner of operation, namely, by an instrument 

 called the Ecraseur, (See Instruments.) 



ECRASEUR (or NEW INSTRUMENT FOR CASTRATING COLTS.) 



No clamps, no firing nor twitching, nor any trouble after- 

 ward. The instrument is manufactured especially for this 

 purpose, by surgical instrument makers in Philadelphia. 



Cataract. — (See Eye Diseases.) 

 Catarrh. — (See Cold.) 



Cautery. — This term is applied to the operation of 

 Bearing a part with a red-hot iron. Happily, this cruel, 

 and in many instances unnecessary operation, is becoming 

 among the things that were. It used to be applied to 

 sprains, ring-bones, and spavins. Since the discovery of 

 the preparations of iodine, and their absorbent properties, 

 the iron is little used. 



Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis. — (See Typhosus.) 



