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that the same absurdity and erroneous statements pervade the 
whole. The three horses which I treated did not, altogether, lose 
twelve pounds of blood — of this I am quite certain ; nor did I 
give a purgative dose to any of them. The farther refutation of 
such contemptibly erroneous statements would be waste of time 
and paper. 
The fourth case never was under my treatment. His owner did 
not know that I had lost a horse, and George Fisher does not 
know how I treated any of the horses. The third case which he 
brings forward he never saw during the illness of the animal, nor 
after death. The fourth horse when he went to Mr. Fisher’s 
father’s had a pulse of 36 ; he ate corn and hay in my presence 
the day before. He was not sent for medical treatment , but be- 
cause his owner was removing his residence, and wanted the 
coachman to assist. He, however, became ill at Fisher’s stables, 
and the coachman told me that, after the horse returned, he was 
not able to work for seven weeks, and was subsequently sold for 
a trifle, as not even then become serviceable. 
My communication is, this time, of a defensive character ; not 
that I care about any effect it might have on me : but if such un- 
founded — such utterly false statements — are made at meetings of 
your Association, it can neither receive benefit nor credit by 
them. 
You would have received this a month ago, but I had not read 
the Association portion of your journal. 
I am, &c. 
ON THE PROCESS OF HEALING THE WOUNDS 
MADE IN CASTRATION. 
By Professors Renault and Bo u ley, Alfort, 
The wounds inflicted in castration are necessarily complex, 
since the tissues injured in the operation are altogether dissimilar 
from each other ; such as the serous, the fibrous, the cellular, and 
the cutaneous tissues. Whatever is the mode of operation em- 
ployed, observe the natural process by which the wound is healed. 
When the circulation is interrupted in the testicular cord by 
the pressure of the ligature or the clams, clots of blood are formed 
in the veins and in the arteries, which clots should afterwards 
serve for the obliteration of these vessels. On a level with the 
ligature the exterior cellular tissue of the vessels and nerves are 
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