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best: to < snip them away, which will not only remove a 

 present inconvenience, but effectually prevent its recur- 

 rence. The wounds which occasionally cover the ex- 

 terior of the sheath are of no vast importance, or, at 

 all events, they are of secondary consideration. With 

 the healing of the iflward sores they mostly depart; but 

 their disappearance will be hastened, and the comfort of 

 the animal improved^ if, when the injection is used, they 

 are at the same time smeared with some mild: ointment. 

 That composed of camphor, &c., and to be found de- 

 scribed at page 265, dbes very well for such a purpose ; 

 but any other of a gentle nature would probably answer 

 as well. 



Soreness of the scrotum is very commonj and I have 

 seen it in every description of dog. I attribute it tO' 

 derangement of the digestion ; never having witnessed it 

 in animals that, were not. thus affected, and' not having 

 been able to discover it had, any more immediate origin. 

 It mostly appears first as a redness; which soon becomes 

 covered with small pimples, that break and discharge a 

 thin watery fluid. The fluid coagulates, and' a thin scab 

 covers the surface. The scab, is generally detached, 

 being retained only by the straggling hairs that grow 

 upon the bag. The scab being removed; shows a moist 

 and unhealthy patch, the margin of which is of a faint 

 dirty red color. 



This condition of the scrotum yields, in the first in- 

 stance, to simple applications ; but, should nothing be 

 done, it will continue bad for some period^and may in- 



