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should lose his hold of this portion of the organ after the 
amputation, it could be drawn out by the cord. My assistant 
having a firm hold of the organ with his hand, l first made an 
incision with my scalpel through the prepuce and urethra 
about two inches posterior to the glans; I then finished the 
amputation by ecrasement; considerable haemorrhage follow- 
ingfrom the posterior dorsal arteries of the penis, I ligated them 
with carbolized catgut. To prevent the urethra from closing 
during the process of healing, I sutured the same from the 
superior, right and left borders to the corresponding borders 
of the prepuce, thus bringing a portion of the prepuce over 
the stump of the organ and forming, as it were, an artificial 
glans. r l first used catgut for the sutures, but that not being 
strong enough, 1 substituted silk instead. The parts were 
cleansed with a three per cent phenic acid solution and the 
horse was allowed to get up. He was put on a laxative diet; 
tonics and mild diuretics were prescribed and light exercise 
given daily. The parts were syringed out daily with the 
phenic acid solution. The temperature was slightly elevated 
for three or four days. Urination was performed without 
difficulty and the wound healed well without any disagreeable 
odor. At the end of three weeks after the operation, the 
animal would bring the stump in view and a person ignorant 
of the case would hardly detect the absence of the glans, on 
account of the folding of the prepuce over the stump, forming, 
as it were, an artificial glans. At present the animal is doing 
his daily work with no appearance of any morbid growth on 
what remains of the once affected organ. 
IMPERFORATE HYMEN IN A MARE. 
By the Same. 
The subject was a three years old mare. About three 
months ago the owner noticed what appeared to be a tumor, 
the size of a turkey’s egg, protruding from the vulva, espe¬ 
cially after micturation and while going up-hill. The owner 
thought from the opinions of other horsemen that the mare 
had a hernia and so called me to examine her. I found that 
