TWO CASES OF BURUSATEE. 667 
pearance. Use laxatives, and apply fomentations and escha- 
rotics. 
29th .—This morning I was again under the painful necessity 
of dissecting a large quantity of burusatee and schirrous flesh off 
the sheath. The horse was cast on his back. I forced the penis up 
the sheath as far as possible; and included all the integuments and 
a large mass of diseased flesh in the tourniquet; but not a particle 
of the penis, which was retained in its situation by the tourniquet. 
I then removed the diseased parts with a scalpel, and suppressed 
haemorrhage with the actual cautery and resin. I bled the horse 
after performing the operation, and in the evening gave him a 
laxative. The diseased flesh was exceedingly tough, abundantly 
supplied with bloodvessels, and of a livid colour. 
July 6th .—The horse is tucked up, but his appetite is good; 
the penis has been fomented; a solution of sulphate of copper 
applied, which unquestionably increases the sores. There is a 
copious discharge of pus. Lime and calcined alum applied to the 
sores. 
10th .—The discharge is greatly diminished. iEgyptiacum used 
to the sores; madar (a native shrub) exhibited daily. I ride the 
horse occasionally. 
14th .—Patient much better : applications as before. 
1 9th .—I rode him out hunting yesterday, and when riding 
through a jungle he scratched his hock, thigh, and fore legs. The 
ordinaiy mode of treatment was adopted, and to my utter asto¬ 
nishment, this morning, the 23d, I perceive that the scratches 
are become genuine burusatee sores. I presume the obnoxious 
flies inoculated the abraded parts with pus from the penis. Sul¬ 
phate of copper given internally; calcined alum applied to the 
sores, 8cc. 
Aug. 1st .—A profuse discharge of muco-purulent matter from 
the sores. Sulphate of iron and copper administered; alum and 
flour used to the sores. 
2d. — 1 This morning the horse cannot void his urine, *on account 
of the calibre of the sheath being diminished to half an inch in 
circumference. This likewise utterly precluded the possibility of 
his unsheathing the penis. I, with four “ blackies,” cast the 
horse, enlarged the orifice of the sheath, and removed a large 
mass of superfluous flesh, secured the bloodvessels, and liberated 
the animal. Immediately after the operation, the horse voided 
a large quantity of urine with the greatest facility. I had the 
parts fomented, &c. 
10th .—Slight amendment. Apply acid, muriat. and alum to 
the sores. 
