508 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOB. 



What to do. — Draw off the water with a small trocharand cannula ; re- 

 peat it, if necessary, half a dozen times, for these cavities are prone to 

 refill. Paint the outside with tincture of iodine. If all means fail and 

 the case becomes hopeless, resort to castration. (See chapter on oper- 

 ations. "^ 



m. Evil Results of Castration. 



Scirrhus cord. — When the cord is left too long, the ends hanging 

 down between the lips of the wound made in the scrotum, it becomes ad- 

 herent to them, and the whole swells together, becoming an indurated 

 mass, sometimes as large as a child's head. 



What to do. — The horse must be cast, the cord dissected away from 

 the scrotum, and the cord (which will be found in the form of a tumor) 

 excised. In the absence of a good veterinarian, excise it with the 

 ecraseur, taking pains to get down low, so as to take out as much of it as 

 possible, and dress it, twice a day, with lotion No. 5. 



Abscess in the scrotum. — This occurs from healing of the wound 

 before the suppurative process, which always follows to a greater or less 

 extent, is finished. The confined pus accumulates and forms a large 

 abscess, causing the sheath to swell, as also the lymphatic glands on the 

 inside of the thigh, giving rise to a straddling gait and disinclination to 

 move. 



What to do. — Open it freely, and evacuate the pus, when it will com- 

 monly heal readily ; if it does not, however, inject lotion No. 5, twice 

 a day. 



Projecting cord. — Sometimes a small teat-hke piece of the cord will 

 project through the wound in the scrotum, preventing it from entirely 

 healing. Pinch this off close to the scrotum with the thumb nail, and 

 cauterize it with lunar caustic. 



Tumors on the cord. - These may form from catching cold after cas- 

 tration, strangulation of the cord, or too rough handling. They sometimes 

 attain the size of a child's head. The tumor differs from scirrhus in 

 being situated higher up in the canal. It must be dissected out, the same 

 as scirrhus cord above described. 



IV. Wound of the Penis. 



This sometimes happens to stallions while teasing mares ; it gets kicked, 

 swung against a fence, or struck by mischievous boys in play. Some- 

 times amputation is necessary. (See chapter on operations.) When an 

 operation is not necessary, foment with hot water and apply lotion No. 

 24, two or three times a day. If tumefaction is great, support the penis 

 with a bandage passed over the loins. 



