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the train after night, as the eye somewhat resembles the 
head-light of a locomotive. The specimen is being prepared 
for mounting. 
AMPUTATION OF THE PENIS OF A GELDING. 
By L. C. Wakefield, D.Y.S., Montpelier, Vt. 
April loth, 1888, Mr. Gordon, a liveryman, came for me to 
make an examination of a bay gelding, about twelve years old, 
which had lately come into his possession. He got him of a 
stranger and supposed him to be sound until he began to 
notice a very bad odor from the region of his sheath. Mr. 
Gordon directed his hostler to cleanse the parts and in doing 
so found what he called “ a large wart ” on his penis. 
I attempted to make an examination without casting, but 
on account of the manipulations previously made by the hostler 
the horse had become very uneasy and resented every attempt 
at examination ; accordingly 1 cast and secured him for an ex¬ 
amination. The odor from the parts being almost unendur¬ 
able, 1 washed them first with a solution of potassium per¬ 
manganate and then with a solution of phenic acid. On 
examination I found an epithelioma, the size of a turkey’s egg, 
on the inferior surface of the glans penis ; the growth had an 
attachment about an inch in diameter. The whole surface 
was ulcerated and had a granular appearance and the ulcera¬ 
tion seemed to extend into the urethra some distance. That 
portion of the prepuce that came in contact with the abnormal 
growth was also ulcerated. 
The surface of the growth bled easily when touched. 
As there were two or three small growths on the superior sur¬ 
face of the glans, 1 advised the amputation of a portion of the 
penis, but Mr. Gordon, wishing to have an understanding 
with the former owner, would not consent to an operation 
then. So he waited until the 20th of the same month, when 1 
cast and secured the horse for an operation. I disinfected and 
deodorized the parts as before, and then fastened a cord around 
the penis just back of the glans and a second one around the 
base of the free portion of the organ, so that in case the assistant 
