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PHYMOSIS IN A BULL. 
By Mr.W.A. Cartwright, Whitchurch. 
In the summer of 1834, a yearling bull of Mr. Cookson’s, of 
the Woodhouses, became badly “ fixed” in his sheath and penis, 
but was by him and his father cured, as they thought. 
On the 19th January 1835, the owner spoke to me respecting 
him ; and on examining him, I found that he could protrude his 
penis four or five inches beyond the mouth of the sheath, but it 
was then entirely covered with a reflection of the inner membrane 
of the sheath, and there was only a very small aperture left for 
the urine to go through. I caught hold of the end of the mem- 
brane, and, to all appearance, cut off about an inch of it; but 
during the operation he was very unruly, and, the animal stand- 
ing untrammelled in the cowhouse, it is impossible for me to 
say the precise quantity excised. 
28th February . — We cast him, in order to see in what state 
he was, and I found that we could force his penis out about 
three inches ; but still it was covered with a very thick mem- 
brane, and the point would just permit a silver probe to be 
introduced. We now cut off about two inches of this mem- 
brane, and slit open on the opposite sides the remaining part, 
and touched the edges with lunar caustic. We could now 
draw the penis out through the aperture, and found that it had 
been badly ulcerated by the marks left on it. I took three quarts 
of blood from him, and gave three quarters of a pound of salts, 
and ordered him to be fomented. The sheath swelled as thick 
as one’s leg, but went down in a few days. 
March 17 th.— I cast him again, and found that for the first 
two inches the sheath was in its natural state, and open ; but 
through the four next inches, the membrane very much thickened 
(a quarter of an inch), and the aperture closing up. I then in- 
troduced a hollow tube that I took with me of the following 
description, viz. eight inches long, nearly one inch in diameter, 
except at one end that was bevelled for the purpose of introducing 
it : about two inches from the outer end a hole was bored through 
from one side to the other, through which a piece of whip-cord 
was passed ; one end of the whip-cord was first introduced 
through one side of the sheath, and then the other end through 
the opposite side ; afterwards the tube, greased, was introduced, 
and secured by tying the two ends of the whip-cord together. We 
had great difficulty in forcing the tube in, as it was a little too 
large. 
March 23 d . — The case going on very well ; but the tube 
