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temperature and found both nearly normal. This was a stunner, 
and at once set me to thinking. I asked the owner how long 
the horse had been in that condition, he said only a few days, 
but had been getting worse all the time; he said there was no 
trouble with the bowels or kidneys that he could see, as the 
horse voideci his urine all right and the bowels moved free 
enough for any horse. I asked if the horse had been hurt in 
any way: he said no, he thought not, but had been castrated 
some three or four weeks ago. I at once thought of tetany, and 
made an examination and found that the wound was not quite 
healed, also found that both spermatic cords were held down to 
the scrotum by adhesions, the operation having been done with 
clamps. I told the old doctor that it was a case of tetany, and 
I would have to relieve the cords from their strained condition 
and attachment to the scrotum. The old doctor did not take 
much stock in my diagnosis, but as he offered no objections, I 
at once proceeded to operate; after liberating both cords from 
the scrotum, I inserted my finger into the inguinal canal as far 
as possible to make sure that both cords were perfectly free, I 
then bathed the wound with warm water and dressed with car- 
bolized oil. I then told them to take off the halter and let the 
horse go out into the yard if he could ; somewhat to my own 
surprise, and still more to the old doctor’s, the horse turned 
round and walked out into the yard, went to the water-tank, 
got a drink, and in a few minutes went to the pasture with the 
other horses. The old doctor said he had learned something 
worth knowing. I charged him ten dollars and came home 
feeling well satisfied, and also leaving the old doctor as well 
satisfied as myself. I might write much more on this subject, 
but think I have written enough to bring this peculiar condition 
to your notice. Perhaps some of you may not agree with my 
views, and will call me a crank as other good doctors have 
done, but it will be all right so far as I am concerned. I believe 
that if you will study and watch your cases in practice, you will 
be convinced as others have been, and I hope you will, and then 
give your experience at our next annual meeting. 
