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into the subcutaneous connective tissue of the neck. The animal was 

 fed on ha}' tea and milk. 



A great deal of blood having been lost by scarification, salt water 

 injections were repeated on the three following days. The extremity 

 of the penis was irrigated night and morning with a warm antiseptic 

 solution. 



Until the 8th the animal remained feeble and depressed, and refused 

 part of its food. Temperature 38" 1° C. to 38*5° C. On the gth it 

 began to rail}', and each succeeding day improvement was more 

 marked. 



On the 13th the slough and ligature separated, the margins of the 

 excision wound were covered with large granulations, but the urine 

 was passed without difficulty. Subsequent progress was steady. The 

 animal left hospital on the 4th January. 



ATROPHY OF THE PENIS. 



123. A twelve-year-old gelding, left in hospital 28th May, 1898. 

 Soon after purchase this horse was noticed to pass urine into the 



sheath, which was inflamed, enlarged, and filled with very offensive 

 sebaceous material. Micturition was slow, difficult, and painful. 



The horse was cast, fixed as for castration, and the sheath cleansed 

 and disinfected. M. Almy then proceeded to operate. There was 

 difficulty in passing the hand into the sheath even for a short distance, 

 and the penis could not be discovered. The sheath was laid open for 

 a distance of four to five inches ; free bleeding occurred, which was 

 checked by the application of artery forceps. In spite of this incision 

 it was still impossible to seize the penis. The incision was therefore 

 extended backwards for a further distance of four inches. Finally, the 

 penis was discovered in an atrophied condition. 



The internal and external integuments of the sheath were united 

 with interrupted silk sutures throughout the posterior two thirds of 

 each lip ; the anterior third, being inflamed and greatly thickened, 

 was excised. The artery forceps were removed, and bleeding vessels 

 twisted or ligatured. 



Next day urine was easily passed, the jet falling vertically from the 

 preputial opening. The parts were irrigated with warm one per thousand 

 sublimate solution. 



During the following days similar treatment was continued. Swell- 

 ing was considerable, but gradually diffused over the abdomen and 

 became absorbed. Healing was rapid. 



The horse was seen three months later. Operation had been 

 successful ; the head of the penis remained sufficiently exposed, and 

 urine escaped in the form of a jet. 



CALCULUS IN THE URETHRA. 



124. The subject was a cat, which had previously enjoyed good 

 health. One evening, without apparent reason, it refused to eat, 

 appeared greatly depressed, and hid away in dark corners. A few 

 hours later it was brought for examination, the history given being 



