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the median line, when the tumor and the cord are carefully dis- 

 sected and separated from their attachment. AVhen it extends 

 far up, the attachments may be displaced with the fingers. The 

 chain is to be jilaced on the cord above the base of the tumor, 

 and amputation is completed by slow pressiu'e upon the cord. The 

 operation being finished, the parts are left in the condition of a 

 simple wound. A ligature may be used, and so long as the upper 

 portion of the cord, which retains its healthy structure, can be 

 reached, the application of the ligature is not attended with much 

 difficulty. 



HERNIA FOLLOWING CASTRATION. 



This subject has been dealt with in the preceding pages of this 

 work. 



PERITONITIS. 



This is the most frequent and most serious complication. It 

 generally results from exposure to cold, but it may be seen where 

 all care has been taken. It manifests itself between the second 

 and third day after an operation. 



Sympto:ms. — The animal is dull and refuses all food; the sup- 

 puration of the wound ceases; the bags and surrounding parts 

 become the seat of a warm, hard, and painful swelling. The 

 animal stands with his four legs brought close together, the back 

 is stiff and arched, the ffanks are corded, the abdomen painful, 

 the pulse hard, small, and increased. There are slight, colicky 

 pains; the symptoms increase and the animal dies about the sixth 

 day. For treatment, see Peritonitis. 



TETANUS. 



Tetanus may follow the operation of castration, and generally 

 proves fatal. It may occur irrespective of the method employed, 

 or condition of the animal at the time of operating; hence the 

 surgeon performing the operation should not be blamed. The 

 disease usually appears about the ninth day, or when the wound 

 begins to heal. For symptoms and treatment, see Tetanus. 



