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PARAPHYMOSIS IN A HORSE, OCCASIONED BY A 
BLOW IN THE PERINEUM FROM THE HORNS OF 
A COW. 
By M. JOUANAUD, M,V. 
On the 1st of August 1837, I saw a horse which a cow had 
wounded in the perineum by a blow with her horns. My first care 
was to assure myself of the direction and depth of the wound. It 
was an inch and a half in depth, its direction oblique from above, 
below, and a little to the right of the raphe. A pledget of tow 
dipped in the tincture of aloes was introduced into the wound. 
^d .—He is out of spirits, will not feed, the pulse is strong and 
frequent, he urines frequently and without difficulty, but the 
penis is hanging out of the sheath. Bleed to five pounds and give 
gruel. 
3^/.—The horse is not in so much pain, but the penis still hangs 
completely out of the sheath. Employ a suspensory bandage. 
4/A and 5th .—^There is some swelling of the penis. Emollient 
lotions. 
5th. —Very little change. Continue treatment. 
1th. —The swelling of the penis is increased, and some laudable 
pus runs from the wound. Continue the suspensory bandage, and 
use emollient cataplasms. Introduce into the sheath tow covered 
with simple digestive ointment. 
Sth. —No change. 
9^A.—The engorgement of the penis is greater—it is as much 
stiffened as in the natural erection—it is turned backwards, and 
the urine passes with difficulty. Several longitudinal scarifications 
were made, from which a sero-sanguineous fluid was discharged. 
Abstract four pounds of blood, and continue the emollient cata¬ 
plasms often renewed. 
10/A.—The swelling is less considerable. Make other incisions. 
11/A.—The penis is now reduced to its natural size, but still re¬ 
mains obtruded from the sheath. 
\2th. —It has for the first time retracted into the sheath, and the 
animal urines with ease—the suppuration is abundant, and of a 
good character. Discontinue the cataplasms and the suspensory 
bandage, but apply the simple digestive ointment to the wound. 
15^A.—The depth of the wound has very considerably dimi¬ 
nished. 
20^A.—It has quite healed, and the horse has returned to his 
usual work. 
Journ. de Vtt. du Midi, Mai 1840. 
