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cut perhaps in the month of April when the 

 weather is frequently cold, is liable to fwell 

 much. In fuch cafe, when you find the parts 

 inflamed, and the lips of the wounds adhere fo 

 clofely together as to inclofe the matter in the 

 bags,thruft your finger into them, and make a 

 fufEcient aperture for the free difcharge of the 

 pus or matter •, and if the inflammation be vio- 

 lent, or the fwelling large, divide a peeled oni- 

 on, and put it into the orifices. 



The method ufed at prcfent in cafl:rating a 

 foal or young horfc is by cutting open the cod 

 or fcrotum, nipping the firing with a pair of 

 Iheers made for the purpofe, taking out the 

 teflicle, and then, to flop the bleeding, fearing 

 the firing with a red-hot iron. Now this might 

 be done with greater fafety, and with lefs pain 

 to the animal, by what is called twitching^ or 

 by tying round the part tight with a firing, 

 which would gradually eat it off, and prevent 

 the air from getting in to irritate it-, for if the 

 air get in, inflammation and mortification fre- 

 quently enfue. Male animals might becaflra^ 

 ted by twitching with much greater fafety, and 

 any one might do it 3 it is fo very fimple that 



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