Hemorrhage After 

 Castration* 



By Wirt R. Barnard, D. V. S., BeHeville, Kansas 



I was called to see a two-year-old colt castrated 

 nine hours previously by a non-graduate prac- 

 titioner. The owner had stopped the hemorrhage, 

 but I found the colt very weak and staggering, 

 pulse imperceptible, respiration abdominal and 

 hurried. I administered one dram of nux vomica 

 and in thirty minutes noticed great improvement. 



The next morning, the owner telephoned the 

 colt was down, unable to rise, and acting crazy. 

 I made the call and gave nine pints of normal 

 saline solution intraperitoneally. The colt ate 

 and drank well, but after attempting to rise 

 showed cerebral disturbance. I left a mixture of 

 nux vomica, belladonna, digitalin and ferric 

 chloride to be given in full doses every two hours. 



♦Reprinted from the Missouri Valley Veterinary Bulletin, May, 1908. 



