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motion of the hind legs becomes stiff and the gait straddling. 
By these signs the attention of the practitioner is directed to the 
inside of the thigh, and he there detects a bubo identical in its 
characters with that seen in man, and, like it, ultimately asso¬ 
ciated with chronic ulceration of the skin covering it. If these 
lesions are not syphilitic, what are they ? I leave those who deny 
that the disease exists in the lower animals to answer the ques¬ 
tion. 
In reference to the treatment of those important lesions, bubo 
and chancre, I may observe that the former is much more easily 
dealt with than the latter. Tn my experience the free inunction 
of iodine ointment, with the application of nitrate of silver to ulcer¬ 
ated surfaces when such are present, quickly produces resolution, 
but in obstinate cases I should advise iodine irrigation or extirpa¬ 
tion of the tumor; no harm could result from the adoption of 
the latter course, and seeing that there is great danger of the 
gland becoming a centre of infection to the system it would be 
the wisest course to adopt. 
In the treatment of chancrous ulceration of the penis we have 
an infallible remedy, if I be permitted to so designate it, in cas¬ 
tration. I am perfectly well aware that some of my scientific 
friends will utter an exclamation of surprise and horror when this 
statement meets their eyes, but one fact is worth a dozen theo¬ 
ries, and however unscientific and unsurgical the operation may 
at fiist sight appear, it is all the same an absolutely effectual and 
perfectly safe cure. In the case of valuable stud dogs the 
letnoval of the testicles would, I need scarcely say, be a matter 
of gi ave importance, as its adoption would mean annihilation of 
the procreative function; but in dealing with animals in which 
their use for stud purposes is only of secondary importance, the 
operation should unhesitatingly be performed if other remedies 
fail in effecting a cure. The first occasion on which I adopted 
the treatment in practice was in October, 1873, at which time I 
had undei my care a terrier of nondescript breed (much prized 
as a companion by his owner) suffering from venereal sores on 
the penis and on the skin of the abdomen and thighs. After 
giving the usual constitutional remedies, as potassic iodide and 
