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him from lying down. In compliance with the directions of 
Degive and Jacoulet, I have the hind quarter raised by 
a thicker bed of straw, though I think this is generally use¬ 
less. It is justifiable, however, if complications arising from 
improper manipulations are to be feared. During the first 
day the animal receives about ten pounds of straw and mashes 
made of barley flour. On the next day he has hay and oats, 
and toward the fifth or sixth day is put upon his ordinary 
rations. 
The sequelas of the operations are similar to those of or¬ 
dinary castration by limited torsion, which I have exclusively 
adopted for the past eight years. The patient is kept quiet 
in his stall, and generally paws the floor at intervals for the 
first twenty-four hours, and does not attempt to lie down. In 
none of my cases have I observed signs of fever, or even 
colic, such as commonly occur in animals castrated with 
clamps. On the second day after the operation, the patients 
begin to have exercise, and are left at liberty afterward. Dur¬ 
ing this first period, they are slightly indisposed and eat care¬ 
lessly. There is stiffness of the loins, and they walk sore, 
but they soon begin to lie down and improve. The sheath 
becomes the seat of a swelling of varying dimensions, perhaps 
extending under the abdomen, but requiring no special care. 
There is some suppuration at the scrotum, escaping passively, 
but more abundantly when the animal is walked. Cicatriza¬ 
tion is complete in from fifteen to twenty d tys. Such is all 
the care bestowed upon my patients, and such are the results 
obtained. 
Accidents. 
The two principal complications which may be noticed 
after the castration of cryptorchids, are eventration and peri¬ 
tonitis. 
i .—Eventration has been observed at the moment when 
the animal is getting upon his feet. It takes place because 
the perforation of the inguinal canal has been made too low 
down, or because the hand, badly directed, has penetrated 
the abdomen by tearing through the small oblique. To re¬ 
lieve this complication, according to Mr. Degive, the reduc- 
