404 SABULOUS DEPOSIT FROM THE URINE OF A HORSE. 
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the cerate, to make perpetual blisters. Equal parts of savin and verdigris, 
in powder, form one of the most efficacious applications for the removal of 
venereal warts. The powder, an infusion, or the expressed juice of the 
plant, is occasionally applied to warts, to old and indolent ulcers, and in 
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SABULOUS DEPOSIT FROM THE URINE OF A HORSE. 
Mr. J. Atcherley, M.R.C.V.S., Bridgnorth, has for- 
warded to us some urine of a horse, accompanied with the fol- 
lowing particulars of the case. “The subject is a brown gelding, 
9 years old, and whilst on a journey, in double harness, from 
Monkhopton to Shrewsbury, when within a few miles of the 
latter place, he evinced an inclination to stale, and having 
completed the act, he was unable to retract the penis into 
its sheath. The coachman, however, proceeded on to 
Shrewsbury, and the organ being pendulous, it had knocked 
against each trace, which caused a slight excoriation on 
either side of the glans. After resting some time, as the 
penis still continued pendulous, the owner left the animal 
under the care of Mr. Clay, V.S., Shrewsbury, where he 
remained a week. On the evening of his return home, the 
horse evinced great pain in staling, and the penis again 
became pendulous ; but by the application of cold water it 
returned into its sheath. Now, at each time of staling, he 
manifests pain by lifting his near hind leg outw 7 ards— not 
backwards or forwards — and from the peculiar appearance 
of the urine, and the symptoms, 1 thought that there might 
be a calculus in the bladder, or some deposition taking place 
in that viscus ; consequently, I examined per rectum , but was 
unable to detect anything. After the examination, the animal 
showed symptoms of pain, and staled several times, but the 
urinewas voided in extremely small quantities, and hecontinued 
for some time after to put himself in a position to urinate. 
Feeling, nevertheless, assured there was a deposition taking 
place in the bladder, or some part of the urinary apparatus 
and having given the owner my opinion to this effect, he 
was very anxious to have the urine analysed, therefore, I 
have taken the liberty of addressing you on the subject. 
“ I must inform you that the w ater the horse has been 
drinking contains so much carbonate of lime in solution that 
it w 7 ill petrify anything in a few months. I shall feel further 
obliged if you will give me your opinion, from the nature of 
the urine, as to the mode of treatment to be adopted.” 
