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clear about as the case was one of the simplest of its kind, and 

 I do not think it took place at the time of operating. In fact, 

 all went splendidly until the eighth day afterwards, and at no 

 time did the scrotum appear unduly swollen. Death occurred 

 on the 2nd of October, the post-mortem revealing the presence 

 of about half a gallon of pus in the abdomen, the canal from 

 the scrotum to the abdomen also containing a considerable 

 coating of it, showing that the seat of infection was the inguinal 

 wound. 



No 45. — Both these testicles had abnormally short cords, 

 requiring the ecraseur chain to be passed into the abdomen 

 before they could be removed. 



No. 48. — This testicle was situated at the extreme upper 

 portion of the inguinal canal, and a microscopical examination 

 by Professor M'Fadyean revealed the presence of spermatozoa. 



No. 49. — This colt was very fat and a gross feeder. Having 

 been deprived of manger food on the previous day, and, 

 unluckily, not tied up to the rack, he had eaten a lot of the 

 bedding straw. This caused some little delay in finding the 

 testicle. The latter, when examined microscopically by Pro- 

 fessor M'Fadyean, was found to contain spermatozoa. 



No. 50. — In this patient the right testicle was quite twice the 

 normal size, and present in the scrotum. When removed it 

 weighed I2| ounces, measured 6 inches from end to end, and had 

 a circumference of 9 inches at its widest part. This was 

 removed with the ecraseur and gave a good deal of trouble 

 owing to subsequent hemorrhage. The left inguinal canal was 

 then explored and the abdomen entered. 



A careful search failed to discover any trace of the missing 

 organ, and, recollecting my previous experiences, I ventured to 

 assert that there was not another testicle present. 



