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not be irrigated, lest the antiseptic be forced into 

 the peritoneal cavity. 



Should fever arise, and not be promptly re- 

 lieved by local handling of the wound, we recom- 

 mend large doses of quinine or potassium iodide, 

 usually preferring the former. To a medium 

 sized horse we give one to three ounces of quinine 

 daily until the fever yields or toxic effects, such 

 as trembling or diarrhea appear, when we change 

 to potassium iodide. 



Mortality. — This is not well known in crypt- 

 orchid castration. In the ninety-one cases in 

 our clinic there were included twenty-eight pigs, 

 one dog and one cat, among which there were no 

 losses. 



Of the sixty-one horses, fifty-six or ninety-two 

 per cent recovered, and five animals or eight per 

 cent died. These losses are abnormally high. 

 Four of the five cases succumbed to infection. 



In the earlier years of our clinic, the opera- 

 tions were essentially all by students. In many 

 cases, six to ten different students each inserted 

 his hand into the inguinal wound and palpated 

 the parts. Three of the fatal infections resulted 



