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calculus was not found till the penis was removed from its 
connections, and slit up in consequence of a hardened en¬ 
largement being felt within it, and which proved to be the 
calculus. Mr. Arnold could not gather any further infor¬ 
mation as to the appearance of the parts immediately con¬ 
nected with the penis, or the condition of the bladder. 
We found the calculus to weigh ten drachms , and to measure, 
in its long diameter, two inches; and in its short one and 
three eighths of an inch. 
It was of an irregular ovoid form, and smooth on its sur¬ 
face, with the exception of a small part near one of its ends, 
where it was roughened by a granular deposit. 
A chemical analysis, with a microscopical examination, 
showed that it was composed of the ammonio-magnesian 
phosphate with oxalate of lime. 
LONG LACTATION IN AN AGED COW. 
There is at present on the farm of Mosside, Clatt, Aber¬ 
deenshire, in the possession of Mr. Wm. Middleton, a cow, 
in her 24th year, which has had nineteen calves, the last of 
them being calved in June, 1857. The extraordinary part of 
the story is, that the cow has given milk every day since the 
birth of her last calf in 1857, and shows no falling off. Her 
average quantity is from five to six pints a day. 
TURPENTINE IN HAEMOPTYSIS. 
There are several well-know T n remedies which justly enjoy 
a high reputation for arresting attacks of haemoptysis, and 
amongst them may be mentioned acetate of lead, gallic acid, 
and dilute sulphuric acid. These we see commonly employed, 
and almost invariably with success. From some cause or 
other, however, they will sometimes fail, and our reliance 
must be placed upon some other astringent and styptic, 
which shall have the power of effectually checking this slow 
form of bleeding from the lungs. The oil of turpentine is, 
perhaps, one of the best next to those we have mentioned, 
and, properly administered, can be relied upon. 
The efficacy of turpentine is well known in haemorrhages 
from the urinary passages, and also from the uterus,—that is 
