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CALCULUS IN THE OX. 
night. The pulse was 4(>; the clysters were continued, and the 
gruel given as formerly. I visited him again in the afternoon, 
and gave him 7 oz. castor oil, half oz. tr. opii and before I left 
him I gave him another ball, containing 4 drs. of aloes. 
14 th .—Much the same as yesterday; continue the clysters and 
gruel. 
15 th .—I visited him again; and was informed that he had been 
very bad all night. I then gave him 6 oz. castor oil, 4 drs. aloes, 
and half oz. tr. opii; and he was clystered with oil. I then 
back-raked him, and pressed my hand firm down on the colon. 
The substance flattened, I thrust my fingers down upon it, and 
afterwards ordered the clysters and gruel to be continued. 
1 6th .—I was informed that when the clyster came off it was 
tinged with yellow. I again back-raked him, and pressed dow T n 
my fingers as before, and divided the dung considerably. I 
visited him at night; I back-raked and again divided the mass : 
clysters and the gruel continued. 
17 th .—I practised the same manipulation, and gave a ball 
containing 4 drs. of aloes; clysters and gruel were given in large 
quantities. 
18 th .—I visited him twice this day, and found the mass con¬ 
siderably softer ; clysters and gruel as formerly. 
19 ih .—I was informed that he had remained easy through 
the night, and in the forenoon he dunged often, after which he 
soon got well, and has continued so ever since. 
THE EXTRACTION OF A CALCULUS FROM THE 
URETHRA OF AN OX. 
By Mr. C. Geddes, V.S., Wart kill , Aberdeenshire. 
May 1 5th, 1833.—Mr. William Horn, Cockmuir, called upon 
me to-day, requesting me to go and see a three-year-old working 
ox belonging to him, that had been observed in the morning to 
be unwell, and which he said he suspected to be ill of the 
“ stony gravel.” When I saw him he appeared to be in much 
pain : he was constantly getting up and lying down, and occa¬ 
sionally kicking his belly with his hind feet, and making efforts 
to void his urine. On tracing the urethra with my hand, I de¬ 
tected a small stone about eight inches from its point, and I pro¬ 
posed to the owner to have it extracted, which he agreed to. 
Having got the animal thrown and properly secured, I com¬ 
menced the operation by drawing the skin a little on one side ; 
and having made an incision through it into the urethra, a cal- 
