312 A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



in the previous case. The testicles should be supported by 

 the use of a suspensorium. Scarification must never be em- 

 ployed in enlargement of the testicles, except in the case of 

 abscess formation. Chronic enlargement or induration 

 should be counteracted by the use of weak mercurial oint- 

 ment, to which may later be added a small proportion (one 

 to twenty-four) of iodine; but this latter should never be 

 used while local pain or inflammation remains. 



CANCER OF THE PENIS AND THE SHEATH. 



This condition is generally njistaken for warts, on ac- 

 count of some similarity of appearance. It is generally 

 located at the edges or inside of the sheath and at extremity 

 or spongy body of the penis. In appearance it is a tumor of 

 varying size, with a granulated or sprouting surface, of a 

 dirty red color, the edges of which bleed on slight provoca- 

 tion, and from which a fetid ichor is discharged The skin 

 and underlying tissue surrounding these tumors are gen- 

 erally more or less thickened and knotty. When located 

 near the course of the urethra there may be more or less diffi- 

 culty in urinating. There is a possibility of this disease 

 being transmitted by the genital parts of the stallion to the 

 mare, and vice versa. The best course of treatment consists 

 in the entire disintegration of the tumor by aid of the red- 

 hot iron and the subsequent application of ordinary healing 

 remedies. There is a kind of tumor affecting the genital 

 organs, which is of a non-contagious nature, called sarcoma, 

 and which may be removed by the same means. 



. PROLAPSE, OR PARALYSIS OF THE PENIS. 



Prolapse may exist without a paralytic condition of the 

 organ, or it may be due to paralysis, affecting posterior parts 

 of the body. Prolapse, with or without co-existing paralysis, 

 may be caused by various local injuries of a mechanical na- 

 ture, and it may co-exist with or be due to inflammation of 

 the penis, to rheumatism, etc. Depending upon possible 

 complications of a more general or extensive nature, the 

 condition may be either of temporary duration, amenable to 

 treatment, or it may result in permanently disqualifying the 



