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necessary inguinal manipulations. When tliia has 

 been accomplished the intestine is kejjt in place by 

 the application of a clamp over the cord, upon which 

 the fibrous coat of the cremaster has been carefully 

 drawn. 



TEEITONITIS. 



This complication, considered as one of the most 

 frequent foUowiug castration, is also, beyond doub*-. 

 one of the most serious. It is generally the result of 

 exposure to cold, especially when its occurrence ac- 

 companies the suppurative fever. But it also de- 

 velops itself in animals which have received the best 

 hygienic care, its appearance being attributed to an 

 excessive dragging of the <;ord, or to the extension 

 of the local inflammation by continuity of tissues. 

 It manifests itself generally between the second and 

 third clay following the operation, except when it 

 becomes symptomatic, as of gangrene of the cord, 

 when we have seen it making its appearance towards 

 the tenth clay. 



The symptoms of this traumatic peritonitis difi'er 

 somewhat from those of the acute inflammatory type. 

 According to Gourdon, "the animal is dull and 

 refuses all food — the suppuration of the wound of 

 the scrotum has ceased, the bags and surrounding 

 parts become the seat of a warm, hard and painful 

 swelling. The animal stands with his four legs 

 brought close together, the back is stiff and arched, 

 the flanks are cordy, the abdomen painful, the pulse 

 hard, small and increased. As the disease progresses, 



