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injury, such as a kick, and as a result the parts undergo inflam- 

 mation, which is manifested by heat, pain, and swelling, the pain 

 being very great if the animal is made to move ; there is also 

 a great amount of fever and constitutional disturbance present. 

 Treatment. — When the animal is in high condition, blood-letting has 

 a decided and beneficial effect; an aperient (such as linseed or 

 castor oil) and warm-water enemas are required, followed up by 

 doses of nitrate of potash in the drinking-water. The parts should 

 be well fomented for an hour, then smeared over with the extract of 

 belladonna, and covered up with cotton-wool. The testicles ought 

 then to be supported by a broad bandage secured round the loins, 

 behind the legs and over the quarters, and for this purpose a long 

 netted window curtain answers best. These cases, if at all severe, 

 may end in dropsy of the scrotum, termed hydrocele, which has to 

 be relieved by tapping. 



730. Injuries to the Penis.— These are due to many things, 

 the chief of which are the following : A kick, a blow with a whip or 

 stick, and a mishap while jumping a stone wall, stake, or wire fence. 

 At the seat of injury there is much pain and swelling, accompanied 

 by feverish symptoms generally. Sometimes the swelling is so great 

 that the organ hangs loose and pendulous, and cannot be retracted 

 again into the sheath; this is called paraphymosis. When this 

 condition is met with, scarification must be resorted to ; this is done 

 by a lancet, the point of a clean penknife, or a darning-needle being 

 stabbed into the most prominent parts of the swelling. Follow up 

 with fomentations for forty or sixty minutes, and apply the suspensory 

 bandage as recommended for inflammation of the testicles (par. 729). 

 As a laxative give a draught of from 15 to 20 ounces of linseed oil, 

 or from 2 to 3 ounces of Epsom salts, and J ounce of cream of tartar 

 in a mash, night and morning. In recent cases this treatment soon 

 sets matters right, but in chronic cases a tonic treatment has to 

 be adopted. Swelling of the penis may also arise from protracted 

 Strangles, influenza, and other debilitating diseases. 



731. Excoriation of the Penis (Vesicular and Abrasive Sores 

 on the Penis). — This is mostly seen in stallions as a result of 



