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half inches. The lips of this opening were thin and not'large 
enough to close it entirely. Protruding slightly through this 
opening was the meatus of a penis devoid of its glans. When 
the animal was brought near mares this rudimentary penis was 
erected and protruded about six inches outside. Its size was 
about one and one-half inches in diameter when erected. 
I am sorry that circumstances did not allow of a thorough 
examination to see if there was a uterus and what was the course 
of this rudimentary penis. I am, however, inclined to think 
that there was no uterus and that the animal is a male wdth pe¬ 
nis taking a posterior direction instead of an anterior one. 
POI.YURIA FROM TURPENTINE IRRITATION. 
By J. W. Petty, V. S., Greensboro, N. C. 
I was recently called to investigate a supposed contagious 
disease, where ten horses in one stable showed every symptom 
of diabetes—wasting of flesh, profuse diuresis, etc. Investiga¬ 
tion showed that a pile of pine sawdust that had been used for 
bedding had drained into a shallow well only a few yards down 
the hill, from which the horses were watered. The turpentine 
could be tasted in the water, and • it was very evident that ab¬ 
sorption from the pine dust was the cause of the trouble. Of 
course I ordered watering from another well, and the horses re¬ 
turned to a normal condition. 
Dr. J. W. Petty, of Greensboro, N. C., writes : ‘‘ I have 
successfully treated two cases of tetanus with quinine in half¬ 
ounce doses three times a day, with belladonna and chloroform 
as needed. Horses with tetanus seem to stand a la^ge amount 
of quinine.” 
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REPORT OF THE EXPERTS EMPLOYED BY THE LEGISLATIVE 
COMMITTEE. 
In the July number of the Review we printed the report of 
the joint committee of the Massachusetts legislature, said com¬ 
mittee having been appointed for the purpose of employing 
veterinarian experts to examine, destroy and hold autopsies on 
a large number of cattle in the vicinity of Dowell, which had 
been condemned as tuberculous by the tuberculin, test in the 
hands of the agents of the Cattle Commissioners, it being the 
