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ostler of a yard of which I have the veterinary management in- 
formed me that one of the horses did not stale freely. I gave 
him a diuretic ball, and in two days he was at his work again, 
and continued so until the 1st of April, when he was sent to me 
in the same state as before. I gave him another ball, and he con- 
tinued well until the 9th instant, when I was told that he was 
unable to void his urine, and was otherwise ill. I examined him 
per anum, and found that the rectum was filled with hardened faeces, 
and his bladder distended with urine. 
May 2 2rZ. — He has had no power to discharge either the faeces 
or urine since the 9th, and I have emptied the rectum and blad- 
der every day, and given him aloes and ginger every second day, 
and clysters containing aquae ammoniae 31, and have applied a 
blister along the whole of the sacrum. The pulse is 38, and the 
horse feeds as well as he ever did. Your kind reply, &c. 
Reply. 
The case with regard to which you consult me is a rare one, and 
especially as unconnected with paralysis of any of the neighbouring 
viscera. You say nothing about the supposed cause of this affec- 
tion, nor do you tell me the present condition of the animal. Has 
he met with no injury about the sacrum ? 
So far as I can understand the case, and supposing him to be in 
tolerable condition, I should be disposed to bleed, and to give a 
dose of aloes likely to purge him. I would extend the blister 
somewhat farther along the loins, and give large quantities of warm 
water in the form of enemata, and I would also inject a small 
portion of spirit of turpentine in tolerably thick gruel. Fomenta- 
tions applied to the perineum may be useful, as may also moderate 
exercise. Examine through the rectum, whether there is not 
some tumour forming at the origin of the sacral nerves, or in their 
course. Soft food and spare diet will be adviseable. If there is 
any tumour, iodine — the hydriodate of potash — must be tried in 
doses of one or two drachms daily. Let me hear how you succeed. 
Your’s truly, 
W. Dick. 
No. YI. 
Suspected Glanders. 
May 31, 1839. 
Dear Sir, — I ENTREAT your advice respecting a case which has 
annoyed me not a little. A mare that has passed under my hands 
has been returned and declared by two veterinary surgeons to be 
