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of little volume, and the protruded intestine is neither much dis- 
coloured nor in a gangrenous state. 
6. In the practice of castration, and particularly on troop 
horses, a portion of the omentum will occasionally descend into 
the testicular tunic. It can be excised without danger. 
7. Peritonitis is a serious consequence of castration, because 
it is rapid in its progress, and difficult to be arrested. It almost 
invariably terminates in gangrene. It may occur in every period 
of convalescence, and even as late or later than the twelfth day. 
Exposure to cold is the principal cause of it. The symptoms 
which announce its development, and the means by which is 
may be arrested, are pointed out under the article Peritonitis. 
8. Enteritis is a less frequent consequence of the operation, 
and generally happens when the horse had been suffered to eat 
immediately before the operation, or when he eats or drinks much 
soon after it, or is exposed to the effect of cold or humid air, or a 
current of air is suffered to blow upon him. It is characterized 
by all the symptoms of acute enteritis, which are treated of in 
the proper place. 
Eltmens tie Pathologie Veterinaire, vol. ii, p. 470. 
REFLECTIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON THE CON- 
TAGIOUS CHARACTER OF STRANGLES. 
By Professor Gohier, of Lyons. 
The veterinarians who have written on glanders have differed 
much in opinion as to its contagiousness. It is of great import- 
ance to the practitioner and the breeder that this point should 
be settled*. 
Solleysell says, “ You must never forget to separate the horse 
from all other horses ; for not only this is a contagious distem- 
per, but a sound horse may catch the glanders from one that is 
troubled only with the strangles^.” 
De Garsault advises the separation of the horse with stran- 
gles from all others. 
Bourgelat says, “ Every horse with strangles should be sepa- 
rated from the rest ; for not only may it be communicated from 
colt to colt, but to old horses. ” 
* The belief of the contagious nature of strangles was common among 
all the old veterinarians, and measures of isolation were uniformly resorted 
to. Apsyrtus says expressly that it is very dangerous among colts on this 
account. ( Hippiatrica , lib. i, c. ii, p. 16.) — Y. 
f The Complete Horseman, Part I, p. 20. 
