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directiug it into the uretlirti, while careful X)ressure is made on the sur- 

 rounding liarts with the other hand. If too large and resistant it may 

 be wound tightly in a strip of bandage about two inches broad so as 

 to express the great mass of blood, and exudate and diminish the bulk 

 of the protruded organ so that it can be easily pushed back. This 

 method has the additional advantage of protecting the organ against 

 bruises and lacerations in the eifort made to return it. After the 

 return straining may be kept in check by giving laudanum (1 to 3 

 ounces), and by applying a truss to press upon the lips of the vulva 

 (see eversion of the womb). The patient should be kept in a stall a 

 few inches lower in front than behind, so that the action of gravity 

 will favor retention. 



IXFLAMMATIOX OF THE URETHRA — URETHRITIS — GLEET. 



This affection belongs quite as much to the generative organs, yet 

 it can not be entirely overlooked in a treatise on urinarj- disorders. 

 It maj' be induced by the same causes as cystitis (which see), bj" the 

 passage and temiDorarj- arrest of small sfo7ies, or gravel, by the irrita- 

 tion caused by foreign bodies introduced from without, b}^ blows on 

 the penis by sticks, stones, or by the feet of a mare which kicks while 

 being served, by an infecting inflammation contracted from a mare 

 served in the first few days after parturition, or one suffering from 

 leucorrhoea, by infecting matter introduced on a dirtj^ catheter, or by 

 the extension of inflammation from an irritated bilocular cavity filled 

 with hardened sebaceous matter, or from an uncleansed sheath. 



The symptoms are SArelling, heat, and tenderness of the sheath and 

 penis, difficulty, pain, and groaning in passing urine, which is liable 

 to sudden temx3orary arrests in the course of a micturition, and later 

 a wliitish muco-i^urulent oozing from the papilla on the end of the 

 penis. There is a tendencj^ to erection of the penis, and in cases con- 

 tracted from a mare the outer surface of that organ will show more 

 or less extensive sores and idcers. Stallions suffering in this way will 

 refuse to mount, or having mounted will fail to complete the act of 

 coition. If an entrance is effected infection of the mare is liable to 

 follow. 



Treatment in the early stages consists in a dose of i^hysic (aloes, 6 

 drams), and fomentations of warm water to the sheath and x^enis. If 

 there is reason to susiaect the presence of infection, inject the urethra 

 twice daily with borax 1 draui, water 1 quart, using it tepid. Where 

 the muco-purulent discharge indicates the supervention of the second 

 stage, a more astringent injection may be employed (nitrate of silver 

 20 grains, water 1 quart), and the same may be applied to the sur- 

 face of the penis and inside the sheath. Balsam of copaiba (1 dram 

 daih^) may also be given with advantage after the purulent discharge 

 has appeared. 



Every stallion suffering from urethritis should be withheld from 

 service, as should mares with leucorrhoea. 



