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tumour formed in its place, the Horse could 

 with difficulty walk, and ultimately the pain 

 and irritation became so great, that the Horse 

 drew his penis, which constantly hung out, 

 and of itself became so very large, that he 

 could not withdraw it. I accordingly ordered 

 the Horse to be destroyed ; and on opening 

 him, found the right kidney a complete stone. 

 The specimen I gave to the owner of the 

 Horse, who used to exhibit it to his sporting 

 acquaintance, and procured me many friends. 



STONE IN THE BLADDER. 



Though this disease is not so frequent in 

 the Horse as in the human subject, still I have 

 no doubt of it occurring more frequently than 

 is generally supposed ; and that will be made 

 plain to any one who is in the habit of fre- 

 quently visiting the knackers' yard, for very 

 many calculi are there found, after death, in 

 the bladder. Therefore, I believe many Horses 

 are condemned to these repositories of the 

 dead, in consequence of either not knowing the 

 cause, or of a surgeon not having proper in- 

 struments to perform the operation of extract- 

 ing the same (but which may now be obtained, 

 in cases properly fitted up, at Mr. Long's, 

 Veterinary Instrument-maker, 117, High Hol- 

 born.) The symptoms are frequent inclina- 

 tion to make water, shew excessive pain, 

 and voided in small quantities ; sometimes a 

 sudden stoppage of it, and very frequently 

 occasions very acute spasmodic pains. The 

 Horse also walks wide behind, or appears 

 loath to move along, and occasionally reels 

 about, walking with a staggering gait. 

 However, for tliis a remedy is now discovered, 

 and, I believe, first put into practice by Mr. 

 Sewell. The presence of stone in the bladder, 

 is not very difficult \n discovering ; for. if you 



examine the bladder, by introducing your 

 hand up the rectum, and feel for the bladder, 

 just beyond the bone called the pubis, you will 

 meet with the bladder ; then feel if there be 

 any hard substance to be felt, conclude if such 

 be the case, it is stone in the bladder. 



For the removal of the substance, introduce 

 a long whalebone staff, well oiled, up the 

 urethra, until the end of it be felt just under 

 the anus; then take a scalpal, and cut per- 

 pendicularly down upon it, and enlarge the 

 opening to about an inch and a half; into this 

 opening pass a long whalebone probe (or as it 

 is called, a sound) ; the end of which you will 

 distinctly feel strike against the stone ; thus 

 being satisfied, withdraw your sound, and 

 introduce your forceps, for the purpose of 

 extracting the stone. If the opening should 

 not be large enough, you may take your con- 

 cealed history, and cut up a little * (the 

 Horse is supposed to be cast, and laying on 

 his back), then endeavour to seize the stone, 

 and withdraw it whole; if you find this not 

 practicable, you must take hold of the stone 

 by degrees, and break it down, your forceps 

 being made for that purpose ; then withdraw 

 them, and empty them, they being made with 

 hollow heads to contain the particles of stone 

 you break off; continue to do this, until you 

 are perfectly satisfied the whole of the stone 

 is removed. This being done, inject warm 

 water into the bladder, which will give the 

 Horse great ease, and the poor animal will 

 almost tell you the delight he experiences by 

 the removal of so offensive a matter. The 

 Horse may now be allowed to get up, and in 

 all probability some sediment and urine may 



* The Horse is laying on his back, therefore, cutting- up 

 would be cutting down if the Horse were standing. 



