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CASTRATION OF CRYPTORCHID HORSES. 



The testicles ma)- be found in almost any part of the 

 abdomen, and have even been recorded close to the dia- 

 phragm. There may be an entire absence of one or both/ the 

 animal may be hermaphrodite,'^ the testicle may be much 

 enlarged and cystic, degenerated (Fig. 22), adherent to the 



Trne 



test] en lav 

 tissue. 



Boclies re- 

 i^embling 

 molar 

 teeth. 



The siier- 



iiiatic 



cold. 



Cystic 

 liurtion. 



Fio. 14. 

 Dentigerons cyst of the testicle from two years old cryptorchid.-* 



peritoneum or some abdominal organ, or contain such foreign 

 bodies as worms,* hair, cartilage, and osseous or even tooth-like 

 structure ■'' (dentigerous cysts). 



1 " Jounnal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics/' Vol. XIII., pages 74 and 3G5. 

 See Appendix, Cases 27 and 50. 



- "Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics," Vol. XII., page 33G. Sec 

 Ai)pendix, Case LS. "Veterinary Record," Vol. XV., page 247 (Dellaganna) ; "Veter- 

 inary Journal," May 1902 (Taylor and Rutherford). 



^ For illustrations 14 and lo I am indebted to IMessrs H. Thompson and John Steel. 



■* See Appendix, Cases 19 and 35. 



■' " Veterinarian," Vol. LXVIIL, page 371 (Dewar, Smith, an<l J. Peddie). 



