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made a good recovery. A year later Mr. L. was called to the 
same place to give his attention to an animal suffering with ver¬ 
tigo, and was then informed that the colt he had castrated a 
year before was as ardent and troublesome with mares as if ho 
had not been altered. On careful examination of the animal, 
now a well-developed two-and-a-half-year-old colt, the inguinal 
region presented on the right side a movable tumor, well up in 
the inguinal canal, of the size of a billiard ball, and hanging 
at the extremity of the testicular cord. The animal was then 
operated upon a second time, the operation being rendered diffi¬ 
cult on account of the adhesions of the oro;an with the surround- 
ing tissues. The testicle was of normal size and had the shape 
of a pear, the cord being quite small with an atrophied character, 
presenting towards its middle a cylindrical mass of fibrous con¬ 
sistency, of the size of a quill. It was the remaining portion of 
the cord from which a testicle was removed at the first operation. 
—Archives Veterinaires . 
REDUCTION OF FOUR INGUINAL HERNIA ON THE SAME ANIMAL. 
By M. Bonnigal. 
A stallion, four years old, was subject to frequent colics, 
probably due to inguinal hernia, which were reduced sponta¬ 
neously during the struggles of the animal. One day, the colic 
continuing, the author was called in and found a case of strangu¬ 
lated hernia. Being unable to reduce it, the operation was per¬ 
formed, thirteen hours after the first, symptoms of colic. Though 
some difficulties were encountered during the operation, it proved 
successful, and the animal returned to his work six weeks after. 
Two weeks later another attack of colic occurred. This 
proved to be a hernia of the left inguinal region, which after 
numerous attempts was at last reduced. Fearing to castrate, on 
account of the excessive warmth of the weather, the animal was 
left alone, to be again attacked with the former trouble after 
eight days. Being once more relieved, he remained hearty for 
three weeks more, when he was again ruptured. He was then 
castrated. The recovery was complete .—Presse Veterinaire. 
