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of the bulb exposed serious lesions at the superior face of the 
organ. On the antero-posterior median plane of the right certi- 
form body, more outward than inward, there was a longitudinal 
laceration, beginning about the level of the calamus scriptorius 
and running slightly upwards, involving almost half the thick¬ 
ness of the bulb. The edges of the laceration were separated by 
a clot of blood ; they were ragged and ecchymotic, and united at 
one point by a bridge or small band of nervous substance. 
A similar lesion existed on the left corpora rectiforma, but 
was less extensive, and not so complete. It formed a small cavity 
and was filled with blood. It was situated nearer the inferior 
than the superior face.— Rec. of Med. Yet. 
HEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS IN THE HORSE. 
By 'M. J. P. Thoma8sen. 
After a short consideration of the etiology of hemorrhages, 
which he divides into essential and secondary , and a glance at the 
subdivision into congenital and hereditary , as admitted by authors, 
the writer refers to a few cases mentioned by Siedamgrotzky, 
Khone, Dieckerhoff, Frohner and others, and reports the follow- 
ing peculiar case, as one analogous to the u morbus maculosus 
Werlhofic,” a human affection characterized by interstitial hem¬ 
orrhages. 
The subject of this report was a mare, eight years of age, 
which had recently had three attacks of epistaxis, and though she 
had lost but little blood had become weak and dull, and perspired 
readily. Her functions were all normal and she did not seem to 
suffer from severe sickness. Her looks were bright, her hairs 
glossy, and her condition satisfactory. The visible mucous mem¬ 
brane was pale and anaemic. No cause for the nasal hemorrhage 
could be found in the respiratory apparatus. Her temperature 
was normal, but respiration somewhat accelerated. The pulse 
was small, weak and rapid. Auscultation revealed above, in 
both sides, increased respiratory murmur, and below, loss of 
vesicular sound. Percussion showed complete dullness horizon- 
tally, as high as on a level with the scapulo-humeral joint. There 
