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resolution to do so. It has been recently demonstrated 

 tiiat castration can be performed on aged horses with as 

 much safety as on those in colthood. This is attributed to 

 the mode or manner of operation, namely, by an ins<xument 

 called the Ecrasenir. (See Instruments.) 



BOKASEUE (OE NEW" INSTEUMENT FOE CASTKATINQ COLTS.) 



No clamps, no firing nor twitching, nor any trouble after- 

 ward. The instrument is manufactured especially for this 

 purpose, by surgical instrument makers in Philadelphia. 



Cataract. — (See Eye Diseases.) 

 Catarrh.— (See Cold.) 



Cautery. — This term is applied to the operation of 

 searing a part with a red-hot iron. Happily, this cruel, 

 and in many instances unnecessary operation, is becoming 

 among the things that were. It used to be applied to 

 sprains, ring-bones, and spavins. Since the discovery of 

 the preparations of iodine, and their absorbent propertieSj 

 the iron is little used. 



Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.— (See Typhosus.) 



