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been made to perform urethrotomy was enlarged and lengthen* 
to be about four inches long, the mucous membrane of the urethr 
stitched to the skin on the edges of the wound by ten or twolv 
silk and catgut carbolized sutures. For a few days this seeme 
to be a success ; the colt when urinating stretched himself lik 
mares do, and th$ urine was thrown out in a good large strean 
Toward the tenth day the sutures, however, gave way, the woun 
began to granulate and close by degrees. The last thing wliic 
was attempted was to deal directly with the stricture. To effe( 
that a metallic catheter was introduced on one of the entrance 
of the urethra, while by the other was pushed the canula of 
straight trocar. Both instruments were by external manipub 
tion brought in opposition as near as possible and then the tioc< 
was pushed into the canula cautiously, then through the cicatri 
tissue of the urethra, trying to reach the end of the metalli 
catheter which was in the other portion of the urinary cana 
Several attempts were made but failed, and as false passage wool 
necessarily follow the failures, further treatment was abandone 
and the owner decided to have him destroyed. 
Previous to doing this the missing testicle was looked for b 
rectal examination. It was easily felt just at the inguinal lir 
and by slight manipulations pushed through the inguinal can? 
when it arrived into the scrotal region. At the post moitem tv 
abscesses were found on each side of the median line in the ing 
inal region in which the pus had a slight urinary smell. Ti 
scrotal region was the seat of an extensive yellowish serous inf 
tration. The penis being removed and put aside for dissectio 
the urethrea was found cut right across, cicatricial tissue In 
formed which measured nearly one inch in thickness, and bo 
cut ends of the canal were superposed, so to speak, in such ama 
ner that what little track existed to allow the urine to escape c 
scribed an S course through the stricture and between the upp 
and lower portions of the yet open urethra. 
Anthrax. —It is said that murrain prevails in portions of A 
sas and the Indian Territory, and many cattle have died from 1 
