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fathers/* not so much from the disease under which they are 
labouring, as from the knock down system of treatment re- 
sorted to. Thus a shock is sometimes imparted to the 
nervous and circulatory systems by antiphlogistic mea- 
sures greater, often, than that wdiich the patient has to 
sustain from the original malady ; at least, such is the humble 
opinion of. 
Gentlemen, yours very truly. 
May 10, 1855. 
CASE OF LACERATED URETHRA IN THE HORSE. 
By W. Cook, M.R.C.Y.S., Willesborough. 
On December 18, 1854, I was requested, in great haste, 
to attend a fine cart-horse, the property of F. Murton, Esq., 
of Smeeth, which had run away, in company w 7 ith three 
more, with a waggon. This horse, being attached next to 
the hind horse, commenced kicking on descending a hill, 
when the shaft of the waggon ran in about four inches by the 
side of the anal opening, not injuring the rectum, but leaving a 
large open wound, from which considerable hemorrhage took 
place, which I considered came chiefly from the artery of the 
bulb. On a careful examination, I discovered that the urethra 
was divided nearly asunder, and I told the owner that I feared 
it was a hopeless case. However, he wished me to do what I 
thought proper. I therefore applied two or three sutures to 
the wound, ordered fomentations, and threw up an enema. 
Ordered the diet to be restricted to mashes, and a laxative 
administered. About two hours after, the horse urinated, 
and nearly the whole of the urine escaped by the wound. 
19th. — Bowels responding. Much swelling of the sur- 
rounding parts, and some irritative fever are present; pulse, 46. 
Continue mash diet, and inject Sol. Zinc. Sulph. into the 
wound, through which the urine still escapes, although a por- 
tion has been observed to pass by its natural channel. 
20th. — Pulse 40 ; swelling diminished ; an unhealthy, 
offensive discharge takes place from the wound. Applied 
Sol. Calc. Chlor. with Tr. Myrrh, and gave another aperient. 
Fomentations to be repeated, and diet as before. 
21st. — The symptoms are greatly improved. The suppu- 
rative action has commenced, and the greater part of the 
urine now passes through the natural channel. Applied the 
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