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CHAPTER XXXVO 



CASTRATION. 



^STRATION — PEECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED BEFORE THE OPERATIOlf 



IS PERFORMED METHODS OF OPERATING — -CONSEQUENCES OF 



I H CASTRAnON SWELLING HERNLi SCIRRHOUS CORD FISTULA 



1^ k>7 THE SCROTUM PERITONITIS QANGRENB TETANUS PARA- 



' fLTSIS AMAUROSIS — GLANDERS AND FAROT. 



The operation hy wliicli the horse is emasculated is generally, 

 performed upon him when he is about one year old, and at a 

 season of the year "when the veather is neither toa hot nor too 

 cold ; the latter end of April or the beginning of May is the 

 period generally fixed upon. This time of the year and th^ 

 age of the animal are sanctioned hy univorsal custom, and for 

 the reasons that the | colt is \ sufficiently strong to bear the 

 operation without ^ much 4 danger, and that, the young grass is 

 becoming ready for hira when he has rec«vered. Colts thin and 

 low in the neck' should^ formt exceptions to the general rule, 

 snd ought to be allowed a few months more time " to furnish " 

 oefore being operated upon. 



' FrecautioTis to he ohsei'ved he/ore operating. — 1st. To examine the 

 scrotum, in order to ascertain if hernia be present, and whether 

 fthe testicles have descended, for in some instances, either fi jm 

 narrowness of the inguinal canal, deficiency of force in the con- 

 traction of the gabernaculum testes, c" some other cause, the 

 testicles, or one of them, inay be retained in the abdominal 

 cavity. 



2d. Not to operate* upon' a thin, weakly colt, nor upon one 

 BufferLng from, any disease. 



3d. Not to operate during very cold weather, when an^ 

 feasJ^iljiL ^nd ia blowing, n or^in sultry weather, when Aiea 

 prevoiL, 



