CHAPTER Y. 



SEQUELAE OF CASTRATION 



Septic Infection 



Contamination of the wound either during operation or afterward may 

 result in septicemia, pyemia, peritonitis, tetanus, abscess, etc. 



Ah^ccas of Scrotum ami Inguinal China'. — Tliis condition arises as a con- 

 sequence of septic infection associated with the lips of the skin incision 

 adhering too early after the operation. 



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Fig. 52 — A colt with tetanus IS days after castration. 



Treatment — Evacuation by lancing in such a site and manner as to 

 afford free drainage, followed by daily irrigation with any reliable anti- 

 septic solution is the extent of the treatment. 



TETANUS 



(Lock jaw) is the most frequent setpiel of castration in the southern 



