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A WORM IN THE SCROTUM. 
I determined to operate on it after the method of Mr. Simonds, 
which I accordingly did, and had no difficulty in returning the 
intestine. 
All appeared to be going on well for a fortnight, at the end of 
which time the last suture sloughed away, and the intestine came 
down as before. I operated upon it again in the same manner, 
and again unsuccessfully. I then despaired of effecting a cure, and 
was upon the point of recommending my patient to be destroyed, 
when, upon turning over the pages of the 14th volume of The 
VETERINARIAN, my eye lighted upon the paper of Mr. Tombs, 
in which he recommends the insertion of skewers through the 
integument, and the application of a ligature over them, which 
method I immediately adopted, and am happy to say with com- 
plete success. 
A WORM IN THE SCROTUM. 
By Mr. King, Stanmore , 
Observing in The Veterinarian for the last month that 
Mr. Mead, of Leighton Buzzard, speaks of having discovered a 
worm in the scrotum of a three-year old colt during the operation 
of castration, I thought I would send you a similar case which I some 
years ago met with. It is the only one which has occurred in my 
practice, and I think I can safely say that upwards of two thousand 
horses and colts have passed from under my hands. By some 
chance, handling one of the testicles of a yearling after removal 
(and I have often since wished that notice had been taken of the 
other), two worms were discovered lying between the epidydimis 
and the testicle, about an inch and a half long, looking very like 
young lumbrici. I was more fortunate than Mr. Mead, as mine 
were preserved, and they are to be seen now, I believe, in the 
Museum of the Veterinary College. 
In my case they appeared to have been stationary, and the tes- 
ticle exhibited every usual characteristic of a healthy gland. 
Although it is an occurrence not often met with, yet I am in- 
duced to think it may more frequently take place than we are 
aware of; for I can easily conceive that the pressure which the 
contained parts of the scrotum receive from the clams, may, on the 
opening being made through the integument, cause the unobserved 
expulsion of a small worm along with the fluid which generally, 
more or less, surrounds the testicle of the young animal, and which 
is usually from that pressure thrown out with a jet. 
