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incisions so as to produce the difficulty on both cords, and did it 
successfully. Scrotum and sheath swelled up very large ; wound 
on left side did not heal; a fistula formed which discharged con¬ 
tinually until August 4th, 1886, when I removed both cords. On 
the left side which had the fistula I found two lumps about the 
size of a walnut; on the right side three similar lumps, all of a 
scirrhus nature, and each one containing a pus cavity. 
On Sept. 1st, 1886, I was called to attend the colt, the owner 
saying that he was suffering with sore eyes. Upon arriving at 
the stable I found my patient to be affected with tetanus. An 
examination of the scrotum revealed that the right side had 
healed and the left side was still discharging pus. I enlarged 
the opening with a lancet, bathed the parts with warm water, in¬ 
serted a sponge saturated with fluid extract of belladonna into the 
wound, and by the free use of morphine internally I succeeded 
in rescuing my patient from the grasp of the disease. The wound 
healed up nicely; sheath continued swollen for some time, dur¬ 
ing which the colt walked with a straddling gait. Swelling gradu¬ 
ally disappeared, and the animal is all right, with the exception 
of a pair of bog spavins, which he contracted one night in his 
struggles to get up while suffering with tetanus. 
Experiment No. 6.—May 19th, 1886, castrated a native-bred 
one-year-old colt; produced scirrhus cords on both sides, about 
the size of duck’s eggs. Removed them August 5th, 1886, after 
which the wounds healed nicely, and at present the scrotum is as 
smooth as can be wished for. * 
Experiment No. 7.—May 20th, 1886, castrated a grade per- 
cheron colt, one year old ; made short incisions on both sides. 
Woitnds healed nicely ; scrotum and sheath were swollen some, a 
few days after the operation, and continued so until the latter 
part of June, when the swelling began to increase. On the 5th of 
July. 1886, the right side of scrotum opened spontaneously, from 
which, the owner said, a vast amount of pus escaped. Swelling 
then receded considerably; right side healed up in about four 
weeks. On Sept. 21st, ’86,1 removed the left cord, which was en¬ 
larged and scirrhus; there w r as no perceptible enlargement on the 
right cord at that time, nor has any appeared since. 
