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Should there be considerable swelling, bathe the cuts with 
warm water until softened. Insert with the finger a little 
butter until the cuts are opened up and the discharge allowed 
to run out. A little swelling on the point of the sheath is 
not to be alarmed at so long as it does not become too large 
and so long as the discharge from the cuts is of a whitish 
color and the appetite of the colt is good. These are natural 
results of castration. 
V — Diseases and Difficulties Following Castration. 
Great care, and cleanliness must be observed in castrating 
in order to reduce the danger of after effects to a minimum. 
However careful, in some cases difficulties will follow. 
Symptoms must be noted and action prompt to prevent 
further trouble. The principal difficulties are dealt with in 
the following sections. 
7. Bleeding (Hemorrhage). 
Causes. — It may result from some disarrangement of the 
clamps by jumping a fence or some other accident, or it may 
be the result of the ecraseur failing to close the artery of the 
cord. 
Symptoms. — The blood may come from one or other of 
the following sources, viz. : the veins of the scrotum or the 
arteries of the cord. The blood is slightly dark and dribbles 
from a vein, but is brighter and comes in spurts from an 
artery. An artery usually bleeds, if at all, immediately after 
the ecraseur is removed. 
Treatment. — If from veins, cast the animal and plug the 
cuts with cotton batting, saturated with Monsell's solution of 
iron. These may b^e removed in twenty-four hours by placing 
a twitch on the animal's nose and removing them without 
throwing him. 
Should the bleeding be from arteries, cast the animal, 
pull the cord forward and take off another piece of the end 
with the ecraseur or place a clamp on the cord, securely 
tightened, and remove in time, same as before. 
The question has often been asked: Will a year-old colt 
bleed to death from an artery of the cord? The answer is: 
Yes. We have known of cases where this has been the case. 
As a general thing there is a certain amount of bleeding after 
castration, but this is not alarming so long as the bleeding 
