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DIFFERENT METHODS OF CASTRATION. 
ercise, in the afternoon, all the external swelling had entirely dis¬ 
appeared. A serous issue, tinged with blood, drops from the 
opening. Nothing medicinally has been done. 
\Sth .—Going on well. 
20th .—Some swelling under the belly has made its appearance. 
Capiat, statim. aloes 3vi. in bol. 
215^.—Purged towards evening. Swelling abating. 
22d .—Has been purging ever since. For the first time, he 
evinces dullness, and is off his appetite. The swelling under the 
belly pits deeply. 
23^?.—He still purges; eats very little; has been lying down 
the greater part of the time since yesterday, and now cannot be 
made to rise up. Pulse not much quickened, but is small and 
weak. Sumat. opii pulv. 9j. c. cretae pulv. jfs. Two hours 
after he had taken the ball, I found him risen up of his own accord, 
and eating his hay. 
2Ath .—Alvine excretion of the consistence of cow’s dung. 
25M.—Passes nothing. Fever approaching. Appetite lost. 
Pulse quickening. Restless. 
27th .—Yesterday was worse. To-day, he died. 
On examination .—No peritoneal inflammation. Mucous sur¬ 
face of the intestines reddened, and containing a purulent fluid, 
mingled in places with some blood. The chord was greatly en¬ 
larged in volume as high as the ring; and there the closure of this 
opening, by adhesive matter, seemed to have set limits to the 
morbid action. 
Castration succeeded by Farcy and Glanders. 
In May, 1823, a three year old colt, the property of Mr. 
L-^ of Eltham, was cut in the ordinary manner, with the 
actual cautery, by my father. The day following the perform¬ 
ance of the operation, J fs. of aloes was given, but it took no 
effect. On the fifth day after, 3vi was given, but also without 
effect. The external swelling has hitherto been confined to the 
scrotum, wMch is about the magnitude of a small bladder. 
Two days after this, our attention was drawn by the groom to 
some pimples, perceptible only to the feel, upon the outer side of the 
near quarter: they form a connected chain, running in a semicir¬ 
cular course from above and behind the stifle towards the poste¬ 
rior extremity of the buttock. Next day (the 8th), the lumps have 
become visible from increase in size. The colt walks lame on 
the affected limb, the fetlock joint of which gives a loud snap at 
every step he takes. The holes in the scrotum were opened with 
the fingers: that on the affected side emitted about two ounces 
