Hemorrhage After 

 Castration' 



By Wirt R. Barnard, D. V. S., Belleville, 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 

 in an ounce of water, 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 the following 



•Reprinted from the Missouri Valley Veterinary Bulletin, July, 190». 



