THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 399 



OPERATION OF LITHOTOMY, (FOR STONE,) IN THE 

 BLADDER OF A HORSE. 



The following case occurred in the practice of a veterinary 

 surgeon in England, and may serve to illustrate the manner of 

 procedure : — 



" Having drawn out the penis from the sheath or prepuce, the 

 operator passed a rod of whalebone up the urethra, until the 

 end of it could be felt in the perineum. He then cut down upon 

 the end of the rod, and through the opening thus made' in the 

 urethra he introduced a director, and with a probe-pointed bis- 

 toury continued the opening as far as the left side of the anus. 

 He then introduced his right hand into the rectum, and the two 

 fore fingers of his left hand into the bladder, and, without any 

 difficulty, pushed the stone against the middle finger, by which 

 he guided it to the neck of the bladder, and then easily forced it 

 out through the opening in the urethra. The stone weighed 

 rather more than four and a half ounces. Some parts of the 

 stone appeared to have been broken off, and left in the bladder ; 

 these were easily removed by means of a bit of soft sponge tied 

 to a whalebone probe, and some warm water. The wound 

 quickly healed, except a small orifice, through which a part of 

 the urine still passes ; but the horse has worked hard since, and 

 suffered no inconvenience from it. Mr. M. has no doubt that 

 a stone of seven or eight ounces might be thus extracted." — 

 Med. and Phys. Journal. 



SCALDED SHORTS. 



Shorts, as they are familiarly termed, when scalded, make an 

 excellent diet for sick animals. The usual method of prepara- 

 tion is, to turn two or three quarts of shorts into a bucket, to 

 which add boiling water, so that the mixture, when stirred, shall 

 be about the consistence of a soft poultice : it is then to be cov- 

 ered with a cloth, and not given to the horse until sufficiently 

 cool. When a horse has taken cold, and labors under a discharge 

 from the nostrils, the mash may be put into the manger while 

 hot, with a view of steaming the nasal passages, and favoring 



