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nail amount of water. There is generally more or less fever 
! jr four or five days; after that time, if the animal is doing well, he 
lould be given a little exercise daily, but not until the fever has 
lbsided. The average time for recovery is about three weeks. 
Carbolised oil is freely used by some operators on their 
ands, acting as an antiseptic, and also facilitating and rendering 
;ss irritating the passage of the hand from the external open- 
ig to the posterior border of Poupart’s ligament into the ab- 
ominal cavity. 
Anaesthetics are hardly ever used in this country during the 
srformance of this operation. 
This method of castrating cryptorchid horses has proved very 
iccessful in this country, when skilfully performed. The few 
saths that 1 have known have occurred from peritonitis, supposed 
> have been caused through carelessness of the operator in not ob- 
;rving proper antiseptic precautions. 
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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
CHARTER. 
tate of New York, ) 
City and County of New York. ) 
We, Samuel Marsh, George B. Satterlee, Samuel B.Ward, 
[. D., William H. Barbour, F. LeBoy Satterlee, M. D., 
homas Winsor and F. D. Weisse, M. D., do by these presents, 
irsuant to, and in conformity with an Act of the Legislature of 
te State of New York, passed April 12th, 1848, entitled, “ An 
ct for the incorporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific and 
issionary societies,” and the acts of said Legislature amendatory 
ereof, associate ourselves together and form a body politic and 
>rporate, under the name and style of the “ American Yeterinary 
dllege,” and have agreed to and have signed our names to these 
tides of association: 
First .—The corporate name of said association is hereby de- 
ared to be “ American Veterinary College.” 
Second .—The objects for which said corporation is formed 
e as follows: to establish and carry on a veterinary medical col- 
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