32 2t 0/* Gelding, Docking, a7id 



ccrning the Nicking of horfes, we arc 

 induced alfo to make fome few obferva- 

 tions on Geldings and Dockings efpeci- 

 ally as the fymptoms of the latter, and 

 manner of treating them, are on fimilar 

 principles. 



Some ufe- Without entering into particulars, we 

 ful obfcr- fhall only obferve, that the Gelding of a 

 vations on fQ^l is an Operation of little confequence, 

 ^^ '"^* and feldom attended with any bad fymp- 

 toms ; yet the extirpating the ftones of a 

 full grown horfe, requires the care and 

 ingenuity of a good artifl. The ufual 

 method of fecuring the fpermatic veflels, 

 is by cauterifing their extremities, and 

 filling up the fcrotum or bag with fait: 

 this method, though fuccefsfully prac- 

 tifed on young colts, Ihould by no means 

 be trufted to in grown horfes •, but after 

 the fcrotum is opened, and the ftone 

 turned out, a ftrong waxed thread fhould 

 be tied round the cord, and then the 

 Tj^e tefticle cut offj this undoubtedly is the 



ligature moft effe6tual way to fecurc the veiTels, 

 preferred ^ls the efchar from burning may, by ac- 

 !?.,l^!,. cidents, be removed, and a profufe bleed- 

 ing enfue before it is difcovered. 



The wound may be drefTed with the 

 ufual digeftivej but fhould a fever, or 



inflam- 



cautery. 



