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My opinion at the time was that he would have to be castrat¬ 
ed by the covered operation. The owner, however, decided not 
to do anything with him until the following spring. 
I was called again in May, 1880, and found the tumor slightly 
increased in size. The owner then wished to have him either cas¬ 
trated, or have something done to make him less unsightly and 
left a stallion. I then decided not to castrate him, but to re¬ 
move a part of the scrotum. 
The animal was then put on a very short diet until the third 
day, when he was cast. Immediately on turning him on his back 
the bowels slipped into the abdomen, the testicles slipping well 
into the inguinal ring. A clamp was then placed on the scrotum, 
as close up to the testicles as possible (it taking one over a foot 
in length to encompass it). The animal was then allowed to 
rise. The sloughing commenced a couple of days after, and 
continued for about six or seven days, when all came away, ordi¬ 
nary antiseptic dressings being used. About a month after the 
operation, when all inflammation had subsided and the scar nicely 
healed, the horse took moderate exercise, at which time the scro¬ 
tum extended down about as far as it would in a perfect state, 
but its lateral dimensions were greater. It has retained that size 
since, and the horse has been both driven and used in the stud. 
STRANGULATED SCROTAL HERNIA-ASPIRATION 
-RECOVERY. 
By the Same. 
In November, 1878, I was requested to see a stallion owned 
by Mr. Ignacio Yasquez, a horse that he had purchased a short 
time previous to send to his ranch in New Mexico. I found the 
animal in great distress, and suffering from a strangulated scrotal 
hernia. I first administered a dose of tincture of opium and 
linseed oil. When the horse laid down again his legs were se¬ 
cured and he was turned on his back, in which position I could 
give him a more thorough examination. Finding that there was 
considerable gas in the imprisoned bowel, I decided to puncture, 
