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the various tissues of the body ; for example, in the region of the 

 eyes, testicles, penis, extremities, and breast; the tumor becomes 

 elastic and painful ; in form it is irregular, having innumerable con- 

 vexities and concavities, bulging out in various directions into an 

 irregular mass of morbid production, and from the surface of which 

 blood often exudes. 



The above brief description of the nature and pathology of the 

 disease, is offered as merely explanatory, for the benefit of a large 

 proportion of readers who are not supposed to be versed in the tech- 

 nicalities of the schools of medicine. 



The following case will show the mode of operation : 



History of the Case. — The subject, a bay gelding, aged twelve 

 years, of the sanguine temperament. For six montlis it was noticed 

 that he did not urinate freely (a mechanical difficulty), and in view 

 of treating a, supposed disease of the kidneys, some person prescribed 

 the usual diuretics, nitre and rosin, which did the patient more harm 

 than good, for he soon passed bloody urine ; the owner then sought 

 the advice of another person, expected to know something about the 

 diseases of horses, who died, to the amount of a large bucket full, 

 and gave daily doses of medicine, all to no purpose ; for the horse 

 daily grew worse, urinated with much difficulty, and instead of the 

 urine being voided in the usual continuous, single stream, it described 

 a backward ciu'rent (wetting the hind legs), of various streams, as if 

 coming from the perforated miizzle of a watering pot. 



This was the condition of the horse at the time of my first visit. 

 I found a pin in his neck, where *' old LanceV had bled him, and a 

 bottle of "cure all" at his side. An examination of the penis re- 

 vealed the presence of a fungus tumor on the glans-penis ; this I 

 proposed to remove, and the owner of the animal consented. 



Operation for the Removal of the Tumor. — The horse was 

 cast by means of the hobbles, and when fully under the influence of 

 chloroform, the penis was drawn from its sheath, exposing a tumor 

 of about half the bulk of a man's fist ; it was attached to the head 

 of the penis, and to the surface of the urethral outlet. By careful 

 dissection, the whole of the morbid production was removed without 

 much loss of blood. Thus ended the difficulty. 



WORMS. 



Worms are usually the result of a deranged condition of the diges- 

 tive organs ; the usual symptoms are, a voracious appetite ; loss of 

 flesh, and a general unthrifty condition, accompanied often by a dry, 

 irritable cough ; the excrement is usually slimy, and the anus is often 

 the seat of a morbid secretion. 



Treatment. — It was customary in former times to give powerful 

 vermifuges for the expulsion of the parasites ; but the most rational 

 method is to impart tone to the digestive function and organs, in the 

 use of tonics, stimulants, and alteratives. See article on Bots. or 

 use the American Magnetic Horse Powders. 

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