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REPORTS OF CASES. 
rapidly while down. On the second day after parturition 
patient regained her feet, appetite and milk increased, calf 
did splendidly and everything went well, even to the paying 
of the professional fee. 
A CASE OF CASTRATION. 
By the Same. 
In May was requested to castrate a two-year-old colt 
running at pasture. Colt in poor condition, remarked same 
to client, who didn’t care ; wanted him castrated, anyhow. 
Patient was cast, and testicles, which were very small, ex¬ 
posed ; ecraseur was brought into operation, but broke ; testi¬ 
cles were taken out by means of a scraping motion of knife; 
very little hemorrhage ; bichloride antiseptic used thoroughly, 
one to five hundred ; animal turned loose and began to feed 
with other horses, mare and colt and one gelding ; doing well 
next day ; no swelling. On the third day lay down and died— 
was not informed of this until two days afterwards. What 
was it, peritonitis or tetanus ? Have emasculated upwards 
of three hundred horses and never had a fatal termination 
until this one. 
Perhaps animal was in too low a condition for the opera¬ 
tion. 
AN INTERESTING CASE AND POST MORTEM. 
By W. R. Grutzmann, Assistant House Surgeon to the American Veterinary College. 
The subject of this article was a bay mare, 7 years old, 15.3 
hands high. The animal was suddenly taken sick with influ¬ 
enza; her temperature was 105, pulse 72, respiration 24, and 
the extremities were swollen. 
The animal was placed under diuretics, along with stimu¬ 
lants and tonics, and seemed to get along very well after a 
few days ; suddenty the temperature rose up again to 105, 
pulse 72, respiration 30, the swelling of the legs disappeared, 
and on examination of the lungs symptoms of oedema were 
found along with a tinkling sound, but no distinct symptoms 
of pleurisy. 
