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as with it, only the clams required to stay on for twelve 
hours longer. 
After the various methods of castration had been com¬ 
mented on, Mr. Moir said he hoped that if any person had 
castrated a horse with Scrotal Hernia, not having observed 
its existence till after the removal of the clams, that he would 
state the case, with the means resorted to for the treatment, 
and the results. 
Mr. Harriot gave the description of such a case, in which, 
after taking off the clams, the animal appeared to be all 
right; he therefore left, but was soon after sent for, to see 
the animal, it being reported that the bowels were hanging 
a long way out of the scrotum. By the time he reached the 
place, Mr. Dollar, of Kilsyth, had returned the intestine in 
the following manner: he had taken a clean sheet, tied it 
over the animal's loins, after being brought underneath the 
belly, to support the gut and keep it clean ; he then threw 
the animal down, got the intestine returned through the ring, 
put a few stitches through the scrotum, and they had no 
more trouble with the case. 
Mr. Pettigrew also related a similar case ; a few other cases 
were mentioned, but these were the only successful ones. 
Several cases were described, in which the blood, by coagu¬ 
lation, appeared as if there was a protrusion of the intestines, 
but which, on examination, proved not to be so, and the 
swelling was easily removed. 
Mr. McKirdy related a case that came under his observa¬ 
tion, in which the protrusion was as large as a man’s 
head. 
Mr. J. Anderson stated that he had seen several cases of 
that description, where the protrusions varied from the size 
of a hen’s egg to that of an ordinary testicle, in the operation 
of castration by torsion; the cause of which was, after 
cutting through the scrotum, he made the incision through 
the more immediate coverings of the testicle, a little to one 
side, and smaller than the incision in the scrotum, which 
thus formed a pouch, that became filled with air and blood, 
and, descending through the external opening, it had all the 
appearance of an inflamed intestine. The best way to pre¬ 
vent such an occurrence, was to make a good large incision, 
well forward, and right through the coverings to the testicle 
at one cut; as there is a danger, if the incision be too small, 
of the wound healing too rapidly, and retaining some irrita¬ 
ting substance, which often causes the formation of an 
abscess. 
Charles Moir, 
lion. Secretary. 
