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RICHARD MIDDLETON. 
dreaded by the operator, was clearly pointed out, and actually 
demonstrated by numerous careful experiments, in an article 
submitted in competition for the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association and American Veterinary Review 
prizes, by Dr. John Wende (Trianon), of Buffalo, N. Y., it was 
rejected by those so-called representatives of the profession 
as unworthy of consideration. This does not seem so strange 
if we consider that in other branches of science important 
discoveries have at first been too often treated with contempt 
by the generally accepted intellectual leaders. But in this 
case, although the majority of practical surgeons have been 
quick to recognise the importance of Dr. Wende’s discovery, 
these two snails in progress have never seen fit to make amends 
for the injustice done this progressive young surgeon and the 
profession at large, and to place themselves in the van of 
scientific progress, by recognizing, in a public manner, the true 
worth of this discovery. 
In conclusion, I will say that numerous carefully conducted 
experiments have convinced me that if a large incision be 
made in the skin and dartos, proper antiseptic precautions 
observed, and the cord severed by the ecraseur as directed by 
Dr. Wende, or as described in another part of this paper, 
scirrhus cord, and fistula and abscess of the scrotum, if not 
entirely prevented, will be rendered extremely rare. How¬ 
ever, for the true cause of these undesirable results of castra¬ 
tion, and an effectual method of preventing them, I would 
refer you to the above-mentioned article in Vol. ix, page 250, 
of the American Veterinary Review. 
A NEW PARASITIC DISEASE OF CATTLE.* 
1 > 
From C. O. Jensen, Copenhagen, Monthly Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Vol. 
ii., No. 1. 
Translated by Richard Middleton, A.B., D.V.S., Stuttgart, Germany. 
In the course of the last year it has become known that a 
whole series of veterinary diseases have been induced by 
small bacteria of ovoid form and strikingly similar appearance. 
* The title of this article is our own, Dr. Middleton having omitted to give 
us the translation of the title of the original.— Edit.). 
