102 ANIMAL OASTEATION. 



cauterization, the use of the ecraseur, or especially 

 by the process of simple excision. Though not nec- 

 essarily fatal, the hemorrhage in these instances 

 may require prompt and effectual interference by the 

 surgeon for its suppression. 



It is not rare for castrated animals to become more 

 or less tympanitic, a condition which may be due, 

 more or less, to the introduction of atmospheric 

 air into the abdominal cavity during the per- 

 formance of the operation. This condition of things 

 Is usually remedied by the unaided action of natural 

 causes. 



The secondary effects also vary according to the 

 manipulations of the method which they follow. The 

 development of reactive fever is an event which in 

 many cases requires close watching, and while it is 

 true that many castrated horses will manifest no 

 subsequent illness, even to the extent of a slight 

 elevation of temperature, others, on the contrary, 

 show unmistakable signs of a general inflammatory 

 condition, and this is the more marked and definite 

 as the condition of the wound has been left in a 

 more or less complicated state. The presence of the 

 ligature or of a portion of the cord which has yet to 

 complete the sloughing action, following the method 

 by cauterization and by the clamps, are sufficient to 

 encourage the inflammatory tendency. 



MODES OP CICATBIZATION. 



The cicatrization of the wound of castration takes 

 place in two ways. While the upper part heals by 



