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away. All the parts were thoroughly cleansed 

 with warm antiseptics and dressed with carbo- 

 lized vaseline. 



I saw the case myself ten days afterwards. 

 The sheath was slightly swollen; horse eating 

 and improving in condition. Standing behind 

 him and pulling the tail aside I could see about 

 four inches of penis hanging through a wound 

 in the sheath, and in position just where a mare's 

 teats would be. The penis pointed downwards 

 and backwards, and when urination took place 

 there was a stream about the calibre of a clinical 

 thermometer case directed upon the points of the 

 hocks. The urethral opening was clearly dimin- 

 ished in lumen, and I told the owner that the 

 horse should be cast again, and a further small 

 portion of the penis removed so that the urethra 

 could be properly everted and stitched back to 

 avoid further stricture. This he would not con- 

 sent to, preferring to "wait and see" how the 

 horse went on. 



I was not asked to attend the horse again, but 

 being in the locality a month or two afterwards 

 saw him at grass. Both hocks were then in a 



