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REPORTS OF CASES. 
work, which was brought to the hospital with a large swell¬ 
ing in the inguinal region. The owner said it interfered with 
his work and made him a little ugly to handle, clean, etc. 
Upon examination I found a large double intra-scrotal 
champignon, the right one much larger than the left, and con¬ 
taining two or three small tracts, the largest of which was 
discharging a thin, black-looking pus. 
After advising the owners of the dangers, which they 
were willing to risk, it was decided to operate. 
The animal was prepared and secured for the operation 
the same as for castration ; the scrotum thoroughly washed 
with a 5 per cent, solution of creoline, followed by a solution 
of Hg. CI2, one to one thousand. 
An incision was first made over the left side, and the 
smaller one dissected out and ligated. Then the right one 
was exposed and the cord dissected as far up as possible; a 
strong seton passed through it allowed to hold it and pull it 
out in proper direction to carry on the dissection of the cord. 
Both champignons were then removed with an ecraseur, 
the larger being amputated first. 
The right one weighed twelve and one-half ounces, and the 
smaller two and one-half. There was only a slight haemor¬ 
rhage as a result of the operation. 
The wound was then thoroughly washed with same solu¬ 
tions of Hg. CI2, and the animal allowed to get up. 
The scrotum was not much swollen the following day, but 
on the third day quite a large infiltration appeared, and then 
a considerable discharge of pus, filled with small sloughs, 
began to take place. 
By the fourth day the temperature only reached ioi| 
deg. F. The animal walked very stiff, almost characteristic 
of tetanus. The scrotum was swollen very large, and there 
was a profuse discharge of pus. 
The wounds were injected and the scrotum washed twice 
a day with antiseptic solution (creoline), and on the fifth day 
we began to use hot fomentations to hurry the sloughing 
process, the discharge of pus, and relieve the swelling of the 
parts. 
