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pouch and sewing it up. I usually let it remain in 

 for twenty-four hours, then remove it carefully 

 and there is no more trouble. 



Swelling of the Parts. — Sometimes swelling 

 occurs after the operation. It may be severe or 

 only slight, and this can, in the majority of cases, 

 be prevented by giving the animal exercise or 

 turning it out to pasture. It is usually caused by 

 the cuts closing too soon, preventing the escape 

 of blood and serum that will accumulate if the 

 openings close too soon. This is one of the ad- 

 vantages of using the clamp, as it keeps the cut 

 from closing, as the end of the cord is through it 

 for twenty-four hours, and when the clamp is 

 taken off and the end of the cord pushed up this 

 opens any part of it that might have closed. The 

 swelling may be caused from using dirty instru- 

 ments. When the swelling is great the parts 

 should be bathed for half an hour several times 

 a day and a lotion made of acetate of lead half an 

 ounce, tincture of opium two ounces, water one 

 quart, applied after each bathing. Open the cuts 

 with the fingers and wash out with warm water 

 and carbolic acid, a teaspoonful to the quart of 

 water. Sometimes it is necessary to suspend it 

 when it is much swollen. Give the yearling colt 

 one dram of nitrate of potassium in a mash three 

 times a day. Give a two-year-old two drams, and 

 a horse four drams. This treatment will usually 

 relieve the swelling. 



Champignon, Scirrhus of the Cord, or Sareocele. 

 — This trouble usually arises from the operation 



