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DISEASES OF THE SCROTUM. 
animals the suspensory bandage already described should be used. In 
deep wounds penetrating the processus vaginalis, pus formation and 
peritonitis are likely to ensue unless the parts are at once rendered 
aseptic. Castration is often necessary, and in such case the scrotum 
should be freely divided to give the freest possible exit to discharge, 
otherwise the usual principles are followed. Superficial injuries are 
treated like similar wounds in other parts. 
(b) Inflammation of the scrotum occurs in northern countries, from 
travelling bulls in snow-drifts. On reaching the stable the skin of the 
scrotum becomes red and swollen, and the folds disappear. Exudation 
soon sets in, and superficial necrosis of the skin may take place. 
Though the course of the disease is almost always favourable, yet at 
times a troublesome eczema remains, which bids defiance to treatment, 
especially when the discharge is profuse. When large areas of the 
scrotal skin have sloughed, cicatrisation occurs with difficulty. 
In exceptional instances, inflammation extends to the scrotum from 
neighbouring structures. Rainard saw such a case follow puncture of 
the bowel. 
In dogs an acute eczema sometimes extends over the entire scrotum, 
and is characterised by swelling, reddening of the skin, exudation, pain 
or itchiness, causing the animals continually to lick the parts, and thus 
interfere with treatment and healing. The swelling sometimes causes 
a peculiar straddling gait. 
Treatment of frost-bite of the scrotum consists in bathing the parts 
with disinfectants and applying dry dressings. Wheat flour, tannic acid, 
or tannic acid and iodoform are all useful. In eczema the powder may 
consist of lycopodium, tannin, and iodoform, which will prevent the 
animal licking the diseased spot. When exudation is not excessive, the 
parts may be brushed over with iodoform collodion with advantage ; 
cocain might also be tried. 
(c) New growths are not infrequent in the skin of the scrotum. 
Rosenbaum found a swelling on the scrotum of a steer, and Eberhardt 
describes a tumour nearly 16 inches in length in an eighteen months 
bull. The nature of these new growths cannot, however, be ascertained 
from the description given. Frohner cured a case of bothryomycosis of 
the scrotum in a horse by operation. Varicose conditions of the skin 
in dogs (diffuse dilatation of the veins) have been described, attended 
with ulceration of the skin, profuse bleeding, and a tendency to recur. 
In dogs, a pendulous condition of the scrotum and failure to retract 
the testicles when the scrotum is grasped is a grave symptom seen near 
the termination of severe internal diseases, and may sometimes be 
observed in other animals. 
The treatment is almost self-evident. New growths, unless possessing 
