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fibrine, and in due time repeat them (the setons) if necessary. 
Blemish is one of the things an owner is always anxious to get 
rid of in this disease ; since, even although the horse gets sound, 
the wasted shoulder sinks him in value. Still, the repeated in- 
sertion of setons will not mark him so much as one that is allowed 
to remain in the shoulder a very long time will do. 
Your’s truly. 
24th Sept. 1848. 
A NOVEL METHOD OF CASTRATION. 
By E. B. Dawson, 
Veterinary Surgeon 4tth Madras Light Cavalry. 
12, Regent Street, City Road. 
Sir, — The enclosed is on a novel mode of castration, adopted 
by a young friend of mine in India : if you think any part of it 
would be interesting to the readers of your valuable Journal, you 
are at liberty to make whatever use of it you may think proper. 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
John Broderick, V.S. 
To W. Percivall, Esq. 
Bangalore, August 21st, 1848. 
My dear Broderick, — A FEW months since, the Commander-in- 
Chief, desirous of ascertaining whether geldings would not answer 
for cavalry regiments as well as entire horses, the latter being at 
times extremely vicious and savage, our regiment was selected 
for the experiment in this presidency ; and in carrying out his 
Excellency’s view, 1 have adopted, with perfect success, a novel 
method of castration, which I now lay before you, and hope to 
receive in return your valuable advice and opinion on the subject, 
which, my good friend, I much cherish, having always found it of 
the greatest assistance in my professional career. 
I shall briefly state my modus operandi , the peculiarity of which 
is, scraping through the spermatic artery, instead of burning, & c., 
and shall term it 
Scalpeus Castrationis Methodus. 
After securing the horse, cutting through the scrotum, and draw- 
ing out the testicle, uncovered, in the usual way, divide the vas 
deferens pretty high up ; take hold then of the vascular part of the 
cord, with testicle attached, and spread it out between the thumbs 
