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REMOVAL OF A VERY LARGE SCIRRHOUS 
TUMOUR FROM THE SCROTUM. 
Bif Mr. J. A. Ainslie, London. 
Sept. 5,1838.—A bay horse, the property of Mr. J. Bardell, and 
bought for experiment, was cast, and a tumour removed from the 
scrotum, weighing seven pounds three-quarters. The vessels were 
extremely large. Ligatures were used, and the loss of blood not 
so great as might have been expected. The edges of the wound 
were brought together and the horse released. The removal 
of the tumour occupied fifteen minutes, and the horse was in the 
hobbles only thirty-two minutes. The animal was very faint, 
and lay for half an hour before he attempted to rise; stimulants 
were given to him, and he recovered sufficiently to stand, but 
could not walk without support on each side. 
At five o’clock there was a small stream of venous blood from 
the sheath, and the horse became very faint and restless, con¬ 
tinually lying down and rolling. The wound was then filled 
with tow, and he was shut up in the box. 
About twelve o’clock the bleeding again returned, and he was 
very uneasy. The pulse was extremely irritable, and weak. The 
wound was then plugged with tow, as tight as the stitches would 
allow. 
At three o’clock on the next morning he became quiet, and 
began eating. I then went to bed, and the man who remained 
with him said he was quiet, but that the blood continued to 
trickle, and, at times, to rush out in a stream. The pulse was 
irregular, and scarcely to be felt, but very quick all the morning. 
He had a mild laxative, and continued to eat a little hay and drink 
some gruel. 
About four p.M. the hemorrhage returned, and he lost about 
two quarts of blood from the wound. The bleeding was arrested, 
and he did not appear to suffer from it. In the evening he was 
back-raked, and enemata thrown up, for he had passed neither 
dung nor urine. 
7th .—He was observed to stale without the appearance of 
much pain; and in the course of the day his dung was pulta- 
ceous : the pulse was full, but very irritable. He fed well, and 
all seemed right. At the posterior part of the wound matter had 
formed; but in the afternoon he began to bleed again from the 
anterior part of the w'ound. He lost about two quarts, and the 
bleeding was again arrested. 
8^^.—Matter forming; the stitches giving way, and all ap¬ 
pearing right. 
