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HAEMORRHOIDS, OR PILES, IN THE HORSE. 
Mr. Castley’s will be borne in mind by the rising members of the 
profession; and they may rest assured that any efforts made 
by them for the purpose of carrying out such excellent views 
will be duly appreciated by their professional brethren. Besides 
which, it will afford pleasant subject matter to reflect upon as 
they advance in years and practice, and fall into the “ sear and 
yellow leaf” of life. 
Perhaps, when our good days no longer last, 
The mind runs backward, and enjoys the past. 
I remain, Mr. Editor, 
Ever yours, &c. &c. 
Castle Meadows, Norwich, 
February 1852. 
Hemorrhoids (or Piles) in the Horse. 
On the evening of March 13, 1851, I was summoned hastily 
to attend a brown carriage mare belonging to an employer 
about a mile distant from Norwich, which was reported to have 
something “bloody” hanging out of her rectum. The coach¬ 
man who came said it had made its appearance two or three 
times during the day after dunging, but had always returned 
again until just before he left home, when a portion of it was 
left out, and the mare became very uneasy. On my arrival, I 
found, as reported, the mare in pain, indicated by a peculiar 
switching or lashing of the tail and stamping of the hind feet; 
but she had not lain down, although she had made several 
attempts to do so. It first struck me as being a case of prolapsus 
ani , but, on examination, it proved to be a true case of piles. 
The tumour protruding was about the size of a duck’s egg, pre¬ 
senting precisely the appearance of a pilous grape in the human 
subject, only, of course, much larger. I had some difficulty in 
returning it, in consequence of the powerful action of the 
sphincter ani, which, no doubt, accounted for the pain; but 
having accomplished it, the mare became easy, and continued 
so for some little time. I thought it right, however, to have her 
removed to my infirmary, as I anticipated a return of the 
tumour when she again dunged; in which I was not deceived, 
since, on her arrival at my stable, I found it out again. On 
making a more minute examination, I discovered smaller 
tumours round and about the larger one, the latter, however, 
being the only one that protruded. The mare being naturally of 
an irritable temperament, and consequently dunging more fre¬ 
quently than one less so would have done, induced me to have a 
careful assistant remain up with her during the night, for the 
purpose of returning the tumour whenever it made its re-appear- 
