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Title: Private lessons on diseases of the horse and cow
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Rutherford, Frank Emory, 1873- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Veterinary medicine
Publisher: (Dallas? Tex.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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cteristic to the test. In non-tuber-culous cattle, no reaction is noted and no harm follows. Asa matter of information to those who have not used tuberculin,or who are unfamiliar with its production, we would statethat there can be no possible change of its producing tuber-culosis in cattle so tested, from the fact that the live germs(bacilli of tuberculosis) have previously been destroyed byheat, and the dead bodies removed by filtration through spe-cial filters. Two conditions are met which invariably defeatthe purpose of the test. These are advanced pregnancy andthe presence of broken-down tubercular tissue. Frequently,in the former condition, the temperature is anormally high,especially during the latter part of the day; in the latterstate, the system contains a large quantity of absorbed tuber-cular matter, and will not respond to the test with tuberculin.Fortunately, possible errors from these sources can easily beeliminated by the ordinarv methods of physical diagnosis. -102—
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CASTRATION OF RIDGLING, OR CRYPTOB CHID. This means where the testicles have never descendedthe inguinal ring, and still remains in the abdomen. Forthis operation you will have to cast the horse, tying himsecurely, drawing his hind legs down to the circingle, whichwas placed around his body before casting. Place on back.(Youll need about four men to help you.) Place bale ofhay on each side of horse, or nice, smooth logs are better.Always diet your horse about forty-eight hours before operat-ing; no feed at all except a little mash bran. One hourprevious to operation give enema, three or four gallons warmwater per aims. Be sure to render hand and instrumentsantiseptic, using carbolic acid—tablespoonful in quart ofwarm water. Have sitting by close a quart of carbolized oliveoil, as you will need it from time to time until operation iscompleted. First step: The knife. Make incision, as shown in cutabove, six inches long, only through the skin. Now oil yourhand good and work into scrotu

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