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cold water applications by means of suspensory bandages, and 

 light diet. In cases that resist the ordinary remedies, the stric- 

 ture must be divided. 



URETHRAL GLEET. — {Blenorrhagia.) 



Blenorrhagia is a simple augmented secretion of mucous matter 

 from the urethra, not communicable by contact. It is supposed 

 to be identical with nasal gleet. The worst case the author has 

 ever seen occurred in a stallion which had covered one hundred 

 and twenty mares during a single season. He had a copious dis- 

 charge of white mucus from the urethra, unattended by symp- 

 toms of pain in voiding urine. This is the diagnostic symptom ; 

 for if there be any symptoms of pain or inflammatory action, at- 

 tended with tumefaction of the glans penis, and variations in the 

 color and consistence of the discharge, the case is then one of 

 gonorrhoea, capable of being communicated by contact. Such a 

 disease has never yet come under the author's observation. Still, 

 if gonorrhoea owes its origin to inflammation, — as some contend, 

 — we cannot see how horses can enjoy immunity from it ; there- 

 fore veterinarians must be prepared to treat it. In the case 

 just alluded to, blenorrhagia arose from excessive action of the 

 generative organs. For this complaint the animal was drenched 

 daily with a portion of the following mixture : — 



Balsam copaiba, 2 ounces, 



Sweet spirits of nitre, 1 ounce, 



Sirup of garlic, 4 ounces, 



Mucilage of gum Arabic, .... 1 pint. 



Dose, half a gill. 



The penis and sheath were sponged three times a day with 

 cold water, and the patient was kept from mares. Under the 

 treatment he recovered. The same remedies are efficient for 

 the treatment of leucorrhcea, occurring in mares, in which cool- 

 ing applications or astringents are applied to the vagina. 

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