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tion of the hernia before I was called to see the case; the 
owner was very desirous of retaining this horse entire. 1892, 
no deaths from any cause. 1893 I cut one for Henry Metzger, 
3516 South Twenty-eighth Street, Philadelphia; it was a roan 
two years old, and on pasture in the Neck below Stone House 
Road, on a farm; cut him on May 9th; the location was very 
bad; no stable, only an old, broken-down shed; lands very 
wet, marshy and unhealthful; was called to see him on May 
29th, and found him suffering from pneumonia; revisited him 
on the 31st, found him down and unable to rise; attempted to 
administer a stimulant when he stretched out and died. Post¬ 
mortem made at once and revealed double pneumonia. Mr. 
Frank Brown, of Philadelphia, had a sorrel horse cut at Dis- 
ton’s farm, Woodstown, N. J. The horse was eight years old, 
and I operated on him June 10, 1893; he died on June 19th, 
and a post-mortem made by Dr. L. M. Bignell and myself on 
same day proved that he died of peritonitis. Mr. Chas. H. 
Smith, of Haddonfield, N. J., had a brown thoroughbred rup¬ 
tured on one side and ridgling on the other side; this horse 
was being prepared for this operation for two or three days 
previously. The animal was carefully cast and secured, the 
region of the right canal explored and entrance effected into 
the abdominal cavity. After considerable manipulation the 
gubernaculum testes was found (misplaced), gentle traction was 
made upon it and kept up for a long time, but the testicle did 
not respond; the animal made several violent struggles (which 
generally helps the operator) when this condition is found, in 
this instance it did no good, and I worked at it for half an hour, 
and could not pull the testicle to the opening which by this time 
had (owing to the struggles of the animal) grown so large that 
it admit of my entire hand going through and exploring the 
cavity. I failed to find the testicle however, and the withdrawal 
of my hand was followed by protrusion of the intestines into the 
opening and down into the scrotum. I then had another half 
hour’s work replacing the intestines, sewing up the rupture (a 
very difficult thing to do by the way) and packing and plugging 
