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CALCULOUS AFFECTION. 
on a tour on one of those islands fell into one of the pits, and 
was gored to death by a wild bull who had been thus entrapped. 
Several attempts have been made by the settlers on the San Ga- 
briel, to domesticate the wild cattle in that section, but they have 
thus far been unsuccessful. As they are far superior to the do- 
mestic cattle of the country, not only in size, strength, and agility, 
but also in the flavour of their meat and the density of their fat, 
they might, if once domesticated, become a valuable acquisition to 
the agriculturists of the country. 
Houstoun Telegraph. 
Calculous Affection of the Urinary Apparatus — Ure- 
throtomy-Extraction of a Stone weighing a Kilo- 
gramme*— Consecutive renal Hemorrhage — Death — 
Post-mortem Examination. 
By M. SYMPHORIEN BOULEY, V.S., Paris. 
[This Case was laid before the Veterinary Society of the Department of the 
Seine, at its Meetings on the 12th December, 1844.] 
An English thoroughbred gelding, eight years old, that had 
for two years been the property of M. Boileau, a broker ( agent de 
change'), near the Bourse, Paris, was, notwithstanding its beauty, 
sold in May, 1843, for only 600 francs, to M. Pellier, post and 
fly-master, residing in the Rue Basse du Rempart, who, at the time 
of purchase, was informed that the animal was corneur , and that 
some time previously it had been operated upon for stone, and 
with success. Being consulted by M. Pellier a few days after the 
purchase with regard to the health of this horse, I observed that, 
whether in the stable or in harness it pawed incessantly, that it 
frequently strained, and, after having made violent efforts, usually 
voided a small quantity of thick bloody urine. Occasionally, but 
not very often, this fluid was voided abundantly, and without 
difficulty. 
Notwithstanding its constant suffering, this horse, which usually 
ate well, did a very fair amount of work until the beginning of 
last June; but from that time it gradually lost its strength, and soon 
fell into such a state of marasmus that they were compelled to 
discontinue working it altogether. 
Thinking that a run at grass might be of service to it, I advised 
that it should be turned out, which was done towards the latter end 
of July; but this regimen only appeared to aggravate its disorder, 
and in August it was brought back to Paris weaker than ever, 
* A kilogramme is about 2| lbs. Troy, 
