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escape from the wound for a day or two. 

 This you need not be alarmed at, but bathe 

 the parts with warm water two or three times 

 a day ; after which time, you will perceive 

 the wound close, the urine pass off in its 

 natural channel, when treat the wound as a 

 common one, with applying to it twice a day 

 compound tincture of myrrh. Should the 

 Horse put on any appearance of fever, give 

 him in his feed (with half bran and oats, 

 made slightly wet) 



Antimony - - 12 oz. 

 Sulphur - - 12 do. 



Digitalis - - 6 drams. 



Mix and divide into twelve powders. Give 

 one in his feed every night. 



With mares the operation is less difficult, 

 as the parts may be dilated instead of being 

 cut, though I should recommend the use of a 

 round-headed catheter, sufficiently laige in 

 the bore as to allow the sound to pass through 

 it ; when having introduced the catheter, and 

 drawn off the urine, then pass the sound 

 down the catheter into the bladder; having 

 done this, withdraw the catheter, and satisfy 

 yourself of the calculi being there, and pro- 

 ceed as before directed for a Horse. 



I have seen this operation performed twice, 

 in visiting the Royal Veterinary College, by 

 Mr. Sewell, and both did well ; that gentle- 

 man also informed me it had been performed 

 in the country by several practitioners, and he 

 did not know of a case to have failed. 



