CASTRATION IN INDIA, 521 
other person, to “ Secroor , 55 at their discretion, to see and 
be instructed in the method of performing the operation. 
I have the honour, &c., 
(Signed) J. Hale, Lieutenant-Colonel, 
Dep.-Adj.-Gen. of the Army. 
To the Brigadier Commanding Ragpootana 
Field Force, Neemuch. 
“True Copy . 55 
(Signed) G. A. Leckie, Captain, 
Officiating Major of Brigade. 
E. A. Hardy, Lieutenant, 
Acting Line Adjutant. 
Statement of the method by which horses requiring to 
be deprived of the powers of generation, are operated on in 
the Poonah Irregular Horse : 
The horse is thrown, and his legs secured in the usual 
manner, and he is kept on his back during the operation ; 
a thong, with a running noose, is then passed over the testi- 
cles, and is held tightly up by one of the assistants, for the 
purpose of keeping the testicles steady and out of the way, 
as well as to prevent their being retracted by the power of 
the muscles, which would much interfere with the operation ; 
another assistant, with his fingers and thumbs anointed with 
a mixture of butter and Huldee (pounded turmeric), seizes 
the spermatic cord, and presses with his fingers and thumbs, 
and by degrees to slip through his fingers; this joint pro- 
cess of pulling and pressing is continued with either hand 
for perhaps twenty minutes, or perhaps sometimes even 
longer, till the cords become soft and flaccid ; a kind of 
clamp, of two pieces of bamboo, already tied together at one 
end, is then tightly fastened on the cord, and the horse is 
permitted to rise, the operation being complete. 
The horse is then taken to his pickets, and as soon as he 
stales (which will probably be within an hour or two), the 
string which fastened one end of the clamp is cut, and the 
clamp removed. During this and the following day, there 
will be considerable swelling of the parts, but it soon sub- 
sides, without any treatment, further than the application of 
cold water, which should be occasionally dashed on the parts ; 
and this might be continued beneficially for several — say ten 
days ; and during the same period, the following is given to 
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