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A CASE OF PARAPHYMOSIS IN A BULL. 
By M. JOURNAUD, M. V. 
On the 22d of August, 1839,1 attended on a bull with his penis 
considerably swollen, and hanging out of the sheath. He was at 
pasture with the cows, and this had happened from the rubbing of 
the penis against the vulva and thighs of the cows which he was 
endeavouring to serve. He was evidently suffering considerable 
pain. The penis was completely out of the sheath, cold and 
swelled, and turned a little upwards. 
Four slight longitudinal incisions were effected on the swelling. 
Emollient cataplasms were applied, and the penis was suspended 
by a bandage under the belly. 
23cZ.—He is better—the head of the penis is more flaccid, and 
the animal urines with little difficulty. Cataplasms, and the sus¬ 
pensory bandage as before. Give an emollient diuretic drink. 
22fZ.—’The penis is again received into the sheath, but there is 
some slight engorgement of the parts. Emollient lotions. 
26th .—The swelling of the sheath has disappeared, and the bull 
has returned to his natural food and work. 
Journ. des Vtt. du Medi. Mai 1840. 
MISCELLANEA. 
Sporting in India. 
The hounds received from England are sure and eager, but the 
climate soon destroys them. For this reason they are mostly 
purchased to breed from, and are kept from the field for the first 
season ; after which, the original intention being fulfilled, and the 
dogs themselves better seasoned, they are blended with the pack, 
where they rarely fail to distinguish themselves. 
It is surprising to see what a mortality is often prevalent among 
hounds. The chases are in general very short, rarely exceeding 
seven or eight miles, and the pack being often at fault, or crossed by 
other game, the burst is never so animated as in this climate, where 
the scent lies so well, and game is by no means so abundant. The 
mortality, therefore, is not to be imputed to excess of fatigue, espe¬ 
cially as, on account of the scent breaking up shortly after the sun’s 
appearance, the dogs are seldom out more than three hours in a 
day, and are rarely hunted more than twice or thrice in a week. 
The great expense attendant on the original purchase, and on the 
keeping of a regular supply for renovation, added to the consequent 
trouble and vexation, and the chance of a gentleman being removed 
to some other station, as well as the very great losses occasioned by 
the unhealthiness of the climate, all operate »as insuperable ob¬ 
stacles to the keeping of hounds with any pleasure or effect, and 
are the cause of there being so few of them in India. 
