INFLAMMATION OF THE SPERMATIC CORD. 681 



because simple folliculitis occurring soon after castration may have 

 been mistaken for the essentially chronic disease in question. In 

 support of the first contention it may be noted that some observers 

 have found scirrhous cord due to malignant growths like sarcoma. 

 Frohner records two cases, one of which received 10 ounces of 

 potassium iodide per os and 6| ounces of sodium iodide intratracheally, 

 the other nearly 25 ounces of iodide of potassium per os within a 

 few weeks. Neither showed any improvement. The first horse 

 had to be killed. The second was operated on, and recovered 

 sufficiently in three weeks to return home. In seven weeks from 

 operation recovery was complete. In some instances, however, 

 the iodide treatment has arrested the growth, and there can be no 

 objection to a further trial, particularly in the early stages of the 

 disease. 



