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collect for any length of time. At first there is merely a slight 

 discharge of pus, but in process of time foul sores break out, and 

 very often fungous growths spring from them, which block up the 

 passage through the opening of the sheath, and cause considerable 

 swelling and inconvenience These are quite distinct from warts, 

 whieh-oecur in this part just as they do in other situations. The 

 treatment requires some skill and experience, because mild reme- 

 dies are of no use, and severe ones are not unattended with danger. 

 The parts must first of all be well cleansed by syringing, or if the 

 end of the penis can be laid hold of, by washing with a sponge. 

 The following wash may then be applied, and it should be repeated 

 every day : — 



Take of solution of Chloride of Zinc 2 drachms. 



"Water 1 pint. Mix. 



If the morbid growths are very extensive, nothing but amputa- 

 tion of the penis or the use of corrosive sublimate will remove 

 them. Severe haemorrhage sometimes follows both of these mea- 

 sures, but it seldom goes on to a dangerous extent. Still it is 

 scarcely advisable for any one but a professional man to undertake 

 the operation. 



In the mare the vagina is sometimes inflamed, attended with 

 a copious yellow discharge. An injection of the wash mentioned 

 in the last paragraph will generally soon set the matter right? At 

 first it should be used only of half the strength, gradually increas- 

 ing it. until the full quantity of chloride of zinc is employed. 



Inversion of the uterus sometimes follows parturition, but 

 it is very rare in the mare. The uterus should be at once replaced, 

 using as little force as possible, and taking care before the hand 

 is withdrawn, that it really is turned back again from its inverted 

 position. 



Nymphomania occurs sometimes in mares at the time of being 

 " in use," and goes on to such an extent as to render them abso- 

 lutely regardless of pain, for the time being, though not to make them 

 lose their consciousness. They will kick and squeal till they he- 

 roine white with sweat, and no restraint will prevent them from 

 trying to continue their violent attempts to destroy everything 

 behind them. These symptoms are especially developed in the 

 presence of other animals of the same species, whether mares or 

 geldings; but the near proximity of an entire horse will be still 

 worse. If placed in a loose box, without any restraint whatever, 

 they generally become more calm, and when the state is developed, 

 such a plan should always be adopted. It is chiefly among highly- 

 fed and lightly-worked mares that the disease is manifested ; and 

 a dose of physic with starvation in a loose box, away from any 

 other horse, will very soon put an end to it in almost every instance. 



