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that the cock was steadily declining and would soon die if not re¬ 
lieved, I decided to operate. 
Clipping the feathers over the prominence, I made an incision 
about an inch long (parallel with the muscles) and right through 
the walls of the chest, exposing the crop. I grasped the crop 
with a pair of bulldog forceps; the prominence was easily found, 
and one clean cut made over it exposed a piece of bone which 
proved to be a strip from the upper part of the scapula, four and 
a half inches long, nearly half an inch wide, and averaging over 
an eighth of an inch in thickness, with edges rounded off as 
though worn—probably due to the process of digestion. Spong¬ 
ing the parts witli a mild solution of mercury bichlo., I closed 
the walls of the crop with two uninterrupted catgut sutures, and 
turned the ends in ; brought the external wound together with 
three wire sutures, and dressed with flexible collodion. The 
next morning the cock appeared bright, and eat well, and has 
since made a complete recovery. 
VESICO-URETHRAL CALCULI. 
By the Same. 
On Feb. 10th I was called to the Oakwood Street Railroad 
Co’s stables, to see a horse which the Superintendent said could 
not urinate, but was not suffering much. 
Being busy, I sent some diuretic powders and promised to call 
the next day, which I did. I found a good bay horse, about ten 
years old, with pulse normal and temp. 100° F. He looked a 
little dull; hair rough, back somewhat arched, but apparently 
not suffering any acute pain ; appetite fair; a slight dribbling of 
urine from penis. 
On inquiry 1 found that the horse had not urinated freely for 
over a year, but had not suffered any .inconvenience until within 
a few days, when he began straining as though desiring to uri¬ 
nate. Appetite had failed somewhat, and the horse became 
weak. On examination per rectum I found the bladder full, ai^l 
the animal evinced some pain on pressure. 1 attempted to pass 
an ordinary horse catheter; passed freely about four inches, 
when there appeared to be a stricture. 
