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well put on, and well and timely turned. The horse secured, 
with his tail turned aside out of the way, an incision, form- 
ing a circle, is to be carried round the protruding mass, at 
sufficient distance from the constricted part or neck of the 
protrusion to leave behind it such parts as are distended 
from tumefaction or infiltration, whose removal will render 
the retraction of the gut an easy and natural effort. In 
making incision, it may be advisable to take up, and tie 
with a silk ligature, any vessel met with of size enough (as 
some of the rectal arterial branches are) to issue a current 
of blood ; though sometimes no such precaution is required. 
In the case mentioned of Mr. Gregory (to be found in The 
Veterinarian , vol. XXVI, p. 556), “ not more than a quart of 
blood ” was lost. The incision ought to be made of sufficient 
depth to penetrate completely through the substance of the 
mucous membrane, however morbidly thickened that may be, 
without, however, running a risk of wounding the muscular 
coat beneath it ; the object being, to dissect the former away 
and strip it off the latter, so as to lessen the bulk of the mass 
to that degree that return becomes a voluntary and facile 
action of the animal himself. As soon, however, as this 
denudation has been carried near to the inverted anus, care 
must be taken not to dissect, or anywise injure, the sphincter 
of that part, lest we leave the horse with any imperfection 
in closing an outlet of so important a function. A soft or 
mash diet should for a few weeks succeed the operation ; 
with abstinence from hay, which from its fibrous prickly 
nature must be particularly offensive to the denuded gut. 
Occasional emollient clysters are also recommendable, especi- 
ally when there appears any pain or difficulty in giving exit 
to the faeces. 
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Put by the Military Committee of Finance, Fort William ; 1th 
August, 1 829. 
By J. T. Hodgson, V.S. 
Quest. 1. — Are Stables required for Cavalry Troops in India? 
Stables for cavalry in India are of two kinds, pillars sup- 
porting a thatched roof, and arches with Syrian roofs of 
substantial bricks and mortar. The former is the same as 
the latter in the ground plan: the horses being stallions, the 
stalls are as large as an English loose-box. Both have a 
pathway down the range, for officers to inspect the horses on 
