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any person who would advise colts to be gelded before 

 they are two years old. I would also advise every 

 person who knows how to geld a horse, to drop the old 

 cruel fashion of binding the poor animal with ropes and 

 throwing him down, sometimes breaking his back or 

 his neck. 



I have reason to believe that I am the fii^st and only 

 person in Europe that does it standing, so far as I know. 

 During an experience of 25 years, I have never read of, 

 heard, or seen, the operation of gelding performed in the 

 horse in a standing posture. 



FoT a long time I have conformed to the common 

 practice of throwing down the horse and thus operating 

 in a recumbent posture, but within the last 4 years I 

 have saved the poor brute this cruel ordeal. 



During that time, to the knowledge of my numerous 

 patrons in and around Permoy, I have extirpated the 

 testicles while the horse was standing, and I cannot 

 recommend too strongly to my professional brethren, the 

 peculiar advantage to be derived therefrom ; nor can I 

 conceal from myself the satisfaction which this reforma- 

 tion, and (the originality of which I claim) in this 

 department of veterinary art, has occasioned me 



Rowels and Setons. 



Rowels in horses are usually made in the following 

 manner : — an incision is made through the skin by means 

 of a shai^o scissors, or what appears better, a sharp knife. 

 The finger is then introduced below the skin so as to 

 separate it from the flesh all round, as far as the finger 

 will reach ; a piece of leather, about the size of a crown 

 piece, is then inserted between the skin and the muscles, 

 having been first anointed with some stimulating oint- 

 ment, a small piece of tow or caddice spread with the 

 same ointment, is put over the hole in the centre of the 

 leather, the skin is laid down over all, and the part is 

 covered with a pledget of tow. The leather is left in 

 this situation for three days, during which time the 



