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served after the twenty-three mentioned, were brought to me 
for treatment in the course of from five to twelve days after 
I first saw the stallion. My first visit was on Thursday, my 
second was on the following Monday, and during my stay 
this time three mares were brought there. Of these two 
were affected ; the third had been served about two weeks 
before and had no symptoms of disease. None of the twenty- 
three have been heard from as diseased, so I presume it safe 
to conclude that the disease was the direct result of urethral 
irritation brought about by excessive copulation. Of the 
mares some had a few sores on the vulva and nothing more ; 
in others a scanty, but most repulsive, curdy discharge was 
established. The animals were successfully treated with mild 
astringent solutions as a wash and iodoform ointment. Some 
of the worst looking sores were touched with nitrate of sil¬ 
ver. Inwardly was employed the iodide of potassa combined 
with the fluid extract of stillingia. 
EPITHELIOMA OF THE EYE-BALL. 
By M. E. O’Connok, D.V.S., Denver, Col. 
I send you to-day by express a horse’s eye, the case of 
which l believe interesting. The following is the history : 
On the 25th of June I was called to see the horse, a valuable 
one. I examined the eye, and found that the growth was on 
the eye-ball. The owner did not agree with me, as an M. D. 
to whom the horse belonged before coming into the hands 
of the present owner, as well as a veterinarian, had treated 
the eye for about eight months ; they both concluded it was 
on the eye-lid. How they could have come to that conclu¬ 
sion was and is still a mystery to me. I was told that the 
veterinarian chuckled when he heard of my diagnosis, yet 
that did not worry me. I told the owner I could do nothing 
for the horse but remove the eye ; he suggested that I should 
cut away the growth. I did so, casting the horse, and using 
a five per cent, solution of cocaine, afterwards using the solid 
nit. argent, in spite of which the growth flourished, and did 
remarkably well. I told the owner that my treatment was 
