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lumbar vertebrae on the left side which, from the rectal examina¬ 
tion, appeared to follow the course of the spermatic cord. My 
first impression was that I had to deal with an internal champig¬ 
non. I could insert nearly entire length of a catheter in sinus. 
There was some difficulty in getting catheter past beginning of 
growth, but could accomplish it with the other hand in rectum. I 
advised Mr. Knorr of the risk of operation, etc., but insisted as 
much as I deemed proper on having the operation performed ; but 
he became frightened when he discovered the depth of the fistula, 
and I have since learned he had several of. the bugbears of our 
profession injecting various solutions before and after I examined 
him. The next opportunity Iliad of seeing this horse he was the 
property of one Mr. Hotchkiss, who consented to an operation. 
Accordingly the horse was prepared for operation by proper diet 
for several days. Chloral hydrate was given and horse cast. I 
made an incision in scrotum where incision for castration had been 
made, and broke down adhesions around end of cord, and followed 
its course to the internal inguinal ring. I found no inflammatory 
action about this portion of the cord. I next followed the proce¬ 
dure I pursue in castrating the cryptorchid, as I think there is less 
danger of hernia, and that is to break into peritoneal cavity supe¬ 
rior to the inner abdominal ring (inferior when horse on his 
back.) I now found the growth that I had felt by rectal 
exploration to be very firmly attached, but after some diffi¬ 
culty and with use of hooked embryotomy knife, I succeeded 
in detaching every portion except next left kidney, and I 
might here state that members of our profession who have never 
had any experience in removing abdominal growths have not the 
slightest idea of the care required in using the kuife, the great 
necessity of acuteness and touch, and accurate anatomical knowl¬ 
edge. By unfastening one end of ecraseur chain I was able to 
pass the free end around growth, pushing the ecraseur in opening, 
fastened the free end of the chain, and by the assistant turning 
the ecraseur I removed the tumor, which was semi-cartilaginous 
in the centre, perforated in all directions by small fistulous open¬ 
ings, which on pressure would show that they contained pus of 
the same character as that discharged by inguinal sinus. 
