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at the time he entered Chobham camp. The only remains 
of the wounds or rather place where it had been, to be seen 
was a small oval tumour about the magnitude of an egg, 
upon the side of his sheath, where the testicle (if he had one) 
might have appeared, which was puffy and cellular, and evi- 
dently easy of solution on removal ; and a little furrow, still 
slightly raw from the friction given by the tumour rubbing in 
action against the side of the sheath. 
Two points in practice may be elicited from the case. 
One is, in such awful accidents, not to think of depletion, 
early, of the constitutional powers ; the other, to sustain 
vitality in the wound itself by stimulation and excitement. 
PROLAPSUS ANI. 
By T. W. Gowing, M.R.C.V.S., Camden Town. 
Dear Sir, — Some time previous to the publication of 
M r. Dycer’s case in your August number, I had a similar one 
to contend with, and thinking that it might be interesting as 
showing that such cases are to be occasionally looked for, I 
beg to submit the following for your insertion in The Vete- 
rinarian, 
On July 9th, 1853, I was sent for to visit a brown mare, 
belonging to Mr. Thomas, an extensive Timber Merchant 
and Builder in Camden Town. The person who came for 
me said, the mare was “in a very bad way,” and all the his- 
tory I could gain from him was, that she had “something hang- 
ing out behind.” I lost no time in going, for the information 
I received betokened something of an urgent character. 
Upon my arrival, I found a protrusion of the rectum to some 
considerable extent, exposing the mucous coat, which was much 
distended with fibro-serous effusion, the size of the part being 
about 26 inches in circumference and about 8 or 9 inches 
in diameter. The mare being an unruly one and dangerous 
to approach, I was obliged to put the casting lines upon her; 
when, drawing the hind legs a little forward, in this position 
I made my examination. I found the parts so contracted, 
that she was not able to pass her faeces. I scarified the parts 
freely, when some blood and serum were discharged for some 
time afterwards. I ordered her simple enemas two or three 
times a day, in order to empty the rectum, and to be kept 
on green vetches and mash diet. After a few days the owner 
called to see her, and not finding any improvement he 
thought of having her destroyed. 1 persuaded him to allow 
