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AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
Perhaps in the present state of knowledge it is not alway 
easy to differentiate this condition from the opposite one of ana 
mia, but when the keen edge of the dissecting knife disclose 
the actual condition, we are forced into conviction, and must admi 
that where all the evidence of anaemia are present, the condition 
must exist. This is arriving at a conclusion by that very rigid prc 
cess of reasoning known as a deduction by exclusion. Tha 
congestion is the undulying factor in parturient apoplexy is a pun 
fancy, which derives its best life from the traditional opinion 
that die with a great struggle always. The study of the func 
tions of the nervous system can offer the only rational and scion 
tific solution to the various problems which grow out of thesi 
disorders. The question of the intimate nature of parturien 
apoplexy is not so much a question of quantity in blood, as it is < 
question of innutrition and irritation. With enlarged views touch 
ing these elements of the disease our conceptions of rationa 
therapeutics will be broadened greatly. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
HOSPITAL RECORDS. 
NEW COMPLICATIONS OF CASTRATION—SEQUELAE IN OPERATIOt 
ON A MONORCHID. 
By Robt. Weir, D.Y.S., House Surgeon. 
I say complications of castration, for it is not uncommon tc 
hear persons who have not the least idea of the structure of tin 
parts upon which they operate, boast of their ability to perforn 
this simple operation. The following case has been a victim h 
such a one: 
The owner of a bay stallion, two years of age, wished to havi 
him castrated; the services of a gelder were obtained and tin 
operation began. The right testicle only was to be found in tin 
scrotum; this was removed, and then began the dead search foj 
the left one. An incision of several inches was made in tin 
perineal region about eight or nine inches below the anus; in si 
doing, the penis was incised, the urethra perforated and dividec 
