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in length. After a renewed search, as nothing further in the 

 shape of a testicle could be found, the wound was sutured in 

 the usual way and the patient allowed to get up. 



The horse appeared to progress in every way favourably 

 until the ninth day afterwards, when the left hind leg became 

 very much swollen. During the day the animal fell down and 

 was unable to rise. Death took place at night. 



At the post-mortem examination, which was made by Mr 

 G. D. Martin, M.R.C.V.S., Mr Martin Sparrow, V.S., and 

 myself, we found that the body I had removed was undoubtedly 

 the degenerated remains of the testicle, as the thin poorly- 

 developed cord could be discerned with the severed end clearly 

 shown. There was no trace of peritonitis, and death appeared 

 to have been due to septicjemia, as the muscles of the inside 

 of the thigh were in a foetid condition. 



Professor M'Fadyean confirmed the diagnosis of the degener- 

 ated specimen, and also examined the worm, which proved to 

 be a strongylus armatus. 



No. 37. — This testicle was very hard and cirrhotic, the result 

 of orchitis. 



No. 38. — This animal had been quiet and tractable until the 

 present year, when, he had been very troublesome and 

 dangerous. The testicle (abdominal) weighed 5 ounces. The 

 cord was abnormally short, and the ecraseur had to be passed 

 right into the abdomen in order to pass the chain around the 

 testicle. 



No. 39. — This testicle was very flabby in consistency and 

 weighed 4J ounces. It was about normal in size. 



No. 40. — This testicle weighed i ounce, 5| drachms. 



No. 41. — This testicle weighed 2 ounces, 4J drachms. 



No. 43. — This is the only case of the whole series which 

 died from peritonitis. The source of infection I am not quite 



