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sheath. The sheath of every horse should be occa- 

 sionally examined, and cleaned out with soap and 

 water. The filth being long suffered to remain un- 

 noticed will sometimes cause excoriations and ulcers ; 

 producing such a mass of disease on the glans penis 

 as renders it necessary to amputate the member. 

 Whenever any sore is detected within the prepuce the 

 part should be repeatedly washed with a dilute solu- 

 tion of the chloride of zinc; which will allay any 

 irritability; remove any fcetor; and speedily heal the 

 part. Masses of fungoid substance, weighing three 

 or four pounds, will, in neglected cases, sometimes 

 cover the glans. It is useless to attempt to remove a 

 growth like this with the knife; for it will in all pro- 

 bability very soon sprout again. Amputation of the 

 penis is the only remedy; and this is an operation 

 neither difficult nor dangerous. 



The penis should be drawn out as far as possible ; 

 and then cut through at one or two incisions ; as far 

 behind the diseased part as may be deemed necessary. 

 The remaining portion of the penis will be retracted 

 within the sheath. Little haemorrhage will follow; 

 excepting that a slight bleeding may sometimes be 

 perceived for a few days during the act of passing 

 urine. The orifice of the urethra is kept sufficiently 

 open by the gush of the fluid; and it is very seldom 

 that any unpleasant circumstance occurs. 



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A collection of these growths on the glans of the 

 penis will sometimes make it impossible to retract 

 that member when protruded, and render the opera- 





