336 A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



cord by the inguinal ring under the same circumstances, and 

 finally sympathetic disturbance in cases of disease of the 

 kidneys, bladder, or urethra. Stimulants of the generative 

 functions, like rue, savin, tansy, cantharides, and damiana, 

 may also be accessory causes of congestion and inflammation. 

 Finally, certain specific diseases like mal du coit, glanders, 

 and tuberculosis, localized in the testicles, will cause inflam- 

 mation. Apart from actual wounds of the parts the symp- 

 toms of orchitis are swelling, heat, and tenderness of the 

 testicles, straddling with the hind legs alike in standing and 

 walking, stiffness and dragging of the hind limbs or of the 

 limb on the affected side, arching of the loins, abdominal 

 pain, manifested by glancing back at the flank, with more or 

 less fever, elevated body temperature, accelerated pulse and 

 breathing, inappetence, and dullness. In bad cases the 

 scanty urine may be reddish and the swelling may extend to 

 the skin and envelopes of the testicle, which may become 

 thickened and doughy, pitting on pressure. The swelling 

 maybe so much greater in the convoluted excretory duct 

 along the upper border of the testicle as to suggest the pres- 

 ence of a second stone. Even in the more violent attacks 

 the intense suffering abates somewhat on the second or third 

 day. If it lasts longer it is likely to give rise to the forma- 

 tion of matter (abscess). In exceptional cases the testicle is 

 struck with gangrene or death. Improvement may go on 

 slowly to complete recovery, or the malady may subside into 

 a subacute and chronic form with induration. Matter (ab- 

 scess) may be recognized by the presence of a soft spot, 

 where pressure with two fingers will detect fluctuation from 

 one to the other. When there is liquid exudation into the 

 scrotum, or sack, fluctuation may also be felt, but the liquid 

 can be made out to be around the testicle and can be pressed 

 up into the abdomen through the inguinal canal. When ab- 

 scess occurs in the cord the matter may escape into the 

 scrotal sack and cavity of the abdomen and pyaemia may 

 follow. 



Treatment consists in perfect rest and quietude, the admin- 

 istration of a purgative (one to one and one-half pounds of 

 Glauber's salts) and the local application of an astringent 



