WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. 
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and exposure, and the colt treated as an invalid until perfect¬ 
ly well. 
1 have seen enough of peritonitis to hazard the statement 
that the greater the peritoneal exudation the less the pain, and 
vice versa. Protrusion of the penis I treat by scarifying the 
organ, using warm fomentations, and exercise, and the treat¬ 
ment is promptly effective. Paralysis of the organ should be 
treated by cold, and by the use of strychnia in tonic doses. Sec¬ 
ondary swelling of the sheath usually means retention of 
wound secretions : open at the incision and wash out freely. 
Slight but persistent stiffness, with hard swelling of the 
scrotum, means retention of the cord in the edge of the wonnd, 
free it and excise any part that may be hardened. This com¬ 
plication will occur but rarely if you are careful to cut the 
cord short enough in the first place. 
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? 
By Dr. C. M. Stull, State Veterinarian, South Bend, Ind. 
(Paper read before the Indiana Association of Veterinary Graduates.) 
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At our last meeting I was invited by our honorable presi¬ 
dent, Prof. Williams, to read a paper on some subject per¬ 
taining to the veterinary profession before our next meeting, 
and as the time has come and we are assembled here together 
to exchange ideas, I thought, perhaps, that a paper a little 
out of the usual line of cases that we find in our professional 
work might possibly be of some interest to the members at 
this gathering. 
The paper I have prepared to read before you- to-day is 
one that I hope will bring about an interchange of ideas upon 
the subject. I have not written the paper expecting you to 
gain any great amount of knowledge from the paper itself, 
but I hope it will bring about a thorough discussion of the 
subject. 
I have aimed in this writing to find out whether or not 
the veterinarians of tndiana want legislation, and if so, what 
