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names of Professor Degive, of tlie Brussels school, 

 and Professor Cadiot, of Alfort, merit mention. 



But there is probably, on tins Continent at least, 

 no better accredited authority, in this branch of 

 surgery, than a gentleman — a layman — of Illinois, 

 known very widely as "Farmer Miles," who has for 

 many years not only sustained an eminent repute in 

 his specialty as a gelder, but, I believe, has devoted 

 a large share of study especially to the castration of 

 ridglings. He has not only traversed large portions 

 of the United States in the practice of this interest- 

 ing branch of veterinary surgery, but has likewise 

 achieved much renown and appreciative criticism 

 from foreign sources, having travelled extensively 

 in various European countries, and earned much 

 honor from those who have watched his methods 

 and received ocular proof of his dexterity and 

 success within the sphere of his special field of 

 usefulness. 



CBYPTOECHIDT IN HOBSES. 



In most cases, the ectopia is unilateral. Hering 

 and Franck, from a small number of cases recorded, 

 have thought that it was more common on the right 

 than on the left side; for Stockfelt, Mauri and Labat, 

 they are about equally divided. By some others it 

 is considered more frequent on the left than the 

 right. 



Whatever is the kind of ectopia, the results are 

 about the same in all cases. The testicle is arrested 

 in its growth and keeps the character it had in foetal 

 (jondition : small, flabby, soft, it is made of greyish 



