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soon as fit. The parts healed splendidly, and to-day he is as 
strong- as ever performing hie work. 
I will say the pepsin acts only on the diseased tissue by 
digesting it; has no action on the healthy tissue. 
AMPUTATION OF RECTUM—COMPLETE RECOVERY. 
By the Same. 
Subject, a bay mare, six years old, fifteen and one-half hands 
high, weight 1050 pounds. Used for drawing street cars. 
Taken lame, laid up from work, with orders to take away feed 
and use hay and bran mashes, as she was of very full habit. 
She recovered from lameness, exercised, and, while being 
exercised, was taken with azoturia; put in slings, but could 
not stand; taken out, placed in a very large box stall, well 
bedded, given a six drachm ball of aloes with two drachms of 
calomel, had hot blankets applied over loins, and given oat¬ 
meal gruel as a drink. Urine had to be taken from her, dark, 
nearly black. Had her turned every three hours. The next 
day she seemed easier, and in three days was on her feet, but 
very weak behind; but she persisted in standing and walking 
as best she could. I noticed on the fourth day her rectum was 
protruding, kept coming out until it was fully ten inches from 
the anus, hung down and completely covered the vulva. I 
tried reduction, it was of no use; put it back and out it would 
come. I concluded to amputate it. I prepared some strong, 
waxed, linen thread, and with a large needle stitched all around 
from the inside of the gut, as it hu?ig down , to the edge of the 
anus, taking good, deep stitches in the skin; at the edge of the 
anus the stitches were interrupted, and left so I could tighten 
the next day. I was careful not to shut off the circulation 
entirely at first, but the next day I tightened them a little 
more and so on for four or five days, at the end of which time 
I amputated the gut close to the stitches, and the parts went 
back, stitches and all. I let the stitches go, did not take them 
out. The parts healed all right. Stitches all gone. Mare 
made a good recovery and is as fat and handy as ever, and 
doing her full work every day. 
