INTERNAL USE OF THE CHLORIDE OF SODA, &C. 527 
operation is simple; an oblique incision must be made, not ex¬ 
ceeding the diameter of the urethra. If the incision be made 
parallel with the urethra that canal will roll under the instrument, 
and we shall think that we have opened it when we have only 
penetrated into the neighbouring tissues. 
If the calculus be at the ischial curve of the penis an incision 
must be made before and above the scrotum, by which the penis 
may be drawn outward and downward. This organ will thus be 
lengthened, the curve will be effaced, and the calculus may be 
easily cut upon, the incision being, as before indicated, oblique. 
It is to be regretted that the skilful veterinarian has not the 
opportunity given him, or does not avail himself of the oppor¬ 
tunity to perform these operations, varied according to the circum¬ 
stances of the case. 
On the Internal Exhibition of the Chloride of 
Soda for the Cure of Glanders. 
/ 
By M. Moi roud, Professor at the Veterinary School at Alfort. 
[Recueil de Medecine Yeterinaire, Dec. 1829.] 
About the middle of last summer I administered the chloride 
of soda to six horses labouring under glanders. It was given in 
a liquid form, consisting, at first, of two drachms dissolved in a 
quart of water, and the dose gradually increased to several 
ounces. I have carried the dose even to a pound without any 
bad consequence. 
When the medicine had been given ten or twelve days I 
observed a marked amendment in all the animals. The discharge 
from the nose was lessened, it was whiter, less viscid, and more 
clotty. The change was more remarkable in the inter-maxillary 
lymphatic ganglions. Although they were at first large, hard, 
and adherent to the bone, they gradually diminished in bulk; 
they appeared to be detaching themselves from the surrounding- 
tissues, and seemed as if they would disappear. 
But this happy progress towards the removal of the disease was 
not of long duration: the symptoms regained, little by little, their 
former intensity, and left no hope of cure. There was, however, 
an exception in favour of one of the horses. It was a large fine 
wheel horse, about ten years old. When it was brought to the 
school it discharged from its right nostril a whitish, viscid, clotty 
matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to 
the sides of the nostril. The intermaxillary lymphatic ganglions 
on the same side were large, and formed a tumour as big as a 
