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was then easily extracted. It was of the size of a small pullet's 

 egg, rough on its surface, with a pungent urinary smell, sandy texture 

 being easily broken, and of a light nature, weighing not quite three 

 ounces. The hemorrhage was trifling, and I did not find it requisite to 

 take up a single branch of the small arteries necessarily divided. The 

 bladder was washed out with warm water, by using a patent syringe, and 

 two sutures were applied by the side of the anus, connecting it with the 

 common integuments." No unfavorable symptom appeared. The 

 horse rose well, and had a draught of tinct. opii. 3SS in aqua; Oj. At 

 three o'clock p.m., the pulse being 48, and full and hard, he wasjbled to 

 four quarts. He passed his urine principally by the urethra. He was 

 tied up with two halters, and a man sat up with him. April 'Id. — Dis- 

 charges his urine (which is tinged with blood) partly by the wound and 

 partly by the urethra ; appetite good ; bowels regular ; no medicine neces- 

 sary. Let loose in a box at day ; tied up at night as before ; and a man 

 sat up. 3^/. — Suppuration in the wound. Urine evacuated from the 

 wound principally, and in a gush, and still bloody. — 4/A, Healthy suppu- 

 ration. Urine principally from the wound, but no longer bloody. — 6th, 

 Lay down at night. — 6^^, Had an inflammatory swelling on the left of the 

 sacrum and above the ischium, which was fomented. — 7tTi. The swcllino- 

 subsiding. Urine passes partly through the wound. — Sth, Swelling nearly 

 gone, and a similar one coming on the right of the sacrum, which was 

 fomented. — 9M, Swellings disappearing. — lOM, Wound granulating. 

 Urine passing principally by the urethra. — Wth, But little suppuration. 

 Granulation luxuriant. — \2th, Wound contracting. — 14M, Passed two 

 quarts of urine by the urethra; none by the wound. — \5th. Observed loss 

 of flesh about the quarters and loins ; though all continues going on well. 

 Clear urine passes by the urethra ; none by the wound, which is nearly 

 healed. — 22^, Wound perfectly healed, and his urine discharged the same 

 as in health, both as to times and quantities. — 23c/ to '27 th, Daily w\alking 

 exercise in hand. — 28^^, Was ridden a short distance. — 29M, Discharged, 

 quite well. — Mr. Taylor concludes a case, so highly creditable to his pro- 

 fessional character, in these words : — " I consider that the successful 

 result of the operation is mainly attributable to the opening in the urethra 

 being made in its membranous part, and which could not -well have been 

 carried into efTcct without the jointed sound, which acted as a principal 

 guide in the operation, and also the urethra not being laid open to any 

 extent." — ' Veterinaeian' for 1834. 



The next case on record happened to Mr. Robinson, V.S., 

 Tamwortli, wlio sent an account of it to ' The Yktekixarian/ 

 for 1837, from which our extract is taken. Along with other 



