CASTRATION. 



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Treatment. — If caries be confined to the teeth^ have 

 them taken out. When confined to the bones of the head, 

 it is incurable. The animal will die of hunger, as he is 

 unable to use his tongue and jaws, or gather and chew 

 his feed. Happily, not a common disease in the Middle 

 States. I have heard of many cases in the Western 

 States. Arsenic and the hot iron are there recommended. 

 Better let the horse die than increase his suffering, as he 

 will die any way. 



Castration. — This is an operation for the purpose of 

 depriving the horse-colt of his entirety by the removal of 

 the testes. It is a simple and safe operation. Any per- 

 son having once seen it done, can do it also, if he have 

 the resolution to do so. It has been recently demon- 

 strated that castration can be performed on aged horses 

 with as much safety as on those in colthood. This is at- 

 tributed to the mode or manner of operation, namely, by 

 an instrument called the Ecraseur, (See Instruments.) 



ECRASEUR, (OR NSW INSTRUMENT FOR CASTRATING COLTS.) 



No clamps, no firing nor twitching, nor any trouble af- 



