INFLAMMATION OF TESTICLES. 



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Inflammation of the Testicles from Injury. 



CAUSE. — While in India, I saw several cases of this complaint 

 among race horses that were trained or raced on sandy courses, 

 especially when the gromid had an admixture of small stones on its 

 surface. Under such circumstances, the injury was no doubt in- 

 flicted by hard objects thrown upwards and backwards by the 

 fore feet of the animals in question. I have never seen it occur 

 on courses covered with horse dung, like that at Calcutta ; or on 

 those laid down with tan, like that at Cawnpore, when I was 

 Honorary Secretary of the Races at that station. Colonel John 



Fig. 43. — Jugular vein. 



Anderson, A.V.D., was the first to draw my attention to this 

 cause of inflammation of the testicles (orchitis), when I was stay- 

 ing with him at Poona, where horses frequently hurt themselves 

 while being trained on the race course of that place, which at that 

 time was just the kind of track, to favour the occurrence of this 

 accident. This disease is also brought on by other injuries of 

 various kinds. 



SYMPTOMS. — Heat and tenderness of one or both testicles, with 

 more or less lameness in some cases. Matter (pus) may form at 

 the seat of injury, and watery fluid (serum) may accumulate at 

 the lower part of the scrotum. 



TREATMENT.— Keep the animal "low," by giving him Epsom 

 salts (p. 609) and green food. Bathe the part frequently with warm 



