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vagina, which irritates and excoriates the penis. The 

 condition may sometimes also be due to some contagious 

 disease. 



Treatment. — The animal should not be allowed to serve 

 any mares until fully recovered. Use lotions of tr. opii, 

 zinci sulphas, etc. Strict attention to cleanliness of the 

 parts should also be observed— warm water being freely 

 used. The diet should be reduced, and a laxative given in 

 cases where it is deemed necessary. If the penis is retained 

 within the sheath, and it is desired to have it out, the 

 animal should be taken near to a mare, when he will pro- 

 trude the organ of his own accord. This method being 

 much better than the operator pulling it out. 



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Inflammation of the urethra may be caused in various 

 ways, as by exposure to cold, the presence of urethral 

 calculi, injury to the penis by handling roughly, etc. 



Symptoms. — The animal shows pain when urinating, and 

 does not retract the penis for some time after the act is 

 completed. The urethra, on examination, is found to be 

 red and irritable. 



Treatment. — A full dose of cathartic medicine should 

 be administered. The urethra should also be injected once 

 or twice daily with a solution of zinci sulphas of the proper 

 strength. The diet should be liberal, especially after the 

 acute symptoms have subsided ; and in cases where there 

 appears to be any tendency to the continuation of the disease 

 in a chronic form, or where there is any discharge dis- 

 covered issuing from the urethra, a course of potassae iodid. 

 will be found of the greatest service, to be followed after a 

 time by the vegetable and mineral tonics. 



