FOLLOWED BY DEATH. 
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ence the slightest fever or illness. The clams were removed on the 
fourth day, and the cicatrization of the . wounds, which were very 
small, was speedily effected. 
It is said, that nothing in medical practice should astonish the 
observer; yet I, who had regarded as an anomaly the smallness 
of the testicles of this animal, who was a pattern of strength and 
of beauty, was, I acknowledge, astonished when, on the 24th of 
the next month, and twenty-nine days after the operation, of which 
there was no trace remaining, the owner came to request me to 
visit the animal, and I found two more testicles, well-formed, of 
the ordinary size, and the ascent and descent of which were suf¬ 
ficiently evident. 
I proposed a second operation, to which the proprietor consented. 
On the following day, therefore, the 25th of May, a month after 
the first operation, a second one was practised without the slightest 
difficulty, the testes being of the ordinary size, and readily grasped. 
A few moments after the operation I perceived some hemor¬ 
rhage. Two hours afterwards it continued, and I began to be a 
little uneasy about it. I again cast the mule, and soon recognized 
that the bleeding came not from the right cord which we had just 
compressed, but from the testicles that had, a month before, been 
taken away, and one of the cords which had, probably, been 
scratched in putting on the clams at the second operation, and was 
now bleeding. 
Having vainly attempted to apply a ligature to the vessel, I 
filled the scrotum with fine tow, and brought the lips of the wound 
together by means of several sutures, and thus, after having in¬ 
flicted on the animal considerable pain, arrested the bleeding. Very 
considerable swelling soon appeared; the animal evidently suf¬ 
fered much, and his legs trembled under him both before and be¬ 
hind. The pulse was hard, the breathing short and interrupted 
with sighs. He was bled to the extent of six pounds; emollient 
cataplasms were applied over the lumbar region and the scrotum; 
and emollient and mucilaginous injections and drinks were ad¬ 
ministered. 
26/4.—The tumefaction of the right cord was considerably in¬ 
creased, and the frequency of the pulse and the tension and pain of 
the abdomen. The bleeding was repeated, and the same treatment 
continued. 
27/4.—Every bad symptom is continued and aggravated, and 
the flanks are agitated; the voiding of dung is exceedingly difficult; 
the urine high-coloured, and the appetite gone. Repeat the bleed¬ 
ing to five pounds, and continue the former treatment. 
28/4.— In addition to the former symptoms, the animal is con¬ 
tinually stamping; the prepuce is enlarged, and the swelling is 
