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caped into the abdominal cavity, and had even passed down 
through the inguinal canals and out of the openings I had made 
in the scrotum, the horse had bled to death. 
Meredith Owen, of Paulsboro, N. J., gray three years old, 
cut April 23, 1885;' took cold on contracted adenitis, and died 
of it, or from the complication of the two. On May 6th, thirteen 
days later, Wm. D. Gill, of the same place, had bay colt two 
years old operated upon on the same day, April 23d, and he 
died May 14th, with same complications twenty-one days after 
being operated on. 
Geo. Marsden, 1621 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia, 
owned three-year-old sorrel; I castrated him April 27th, the 
same year, and he died of lock-jaw May 24th, twenty-seven 
days after operation. E. C. Cooper, near Newbold, Gloucester 
County, N. J., had bay double ridgling cut April 12, 1886, died 
of blood-poison June 30th. The last few days before death he 
resembled an animal in the last stages of purpura haemorrhagica. 
Summary: Adenitis 2, tetanus 1, blood-poison 1, total of4. 
Wm. Smelley, of Dunellen, N. J., stable along the river, in a 
low marshy land, had two colts cut May 12, 1886. One aged 
two years, died of lock-jaw May 23d, or eleven days after oper¬ 
ation, the other one-year-old having same symptoms, came near 
dying also, but finally recovered. Amos H. Stratton, Glendale, 
Camden County, N. J., had a bay four-year-old cut June 3, 
1886, was ruptured on the left side; intestines came out and 
caused much difficulty in replacement; he died of peritonitis 
June 7th, four days after. James Dalton, near Suffolk Park, Pa., 
had bay two-year-old cut July 6th; ruptured on both sides; 
died of peritonitis July 12th, six days after. Summary: Tetanus 
1, rupture and peritonitis 2, 1887; none died. Jacob C. Daub- 
man, Mount Ephraim, Camden County, N. J.. black stallion five 
years old; very plethoric and skin in bad condition; horse very 
bad tempered and could not be cared for properly; cut on May 
16, 1888; he died June 5th; post-mortem developed double 
pneumonia. The stables at this farm were in a terribly dilapi¬ 
dated condition, and the weather very bad. The owner also 
