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tion, also nearly closing the opening into it, consequently, only 
allowing a gradual infiltration of the watery part of the blood 
into the cyst. 
Now, if the Editor or some one will kindly give me his 
opinions, I will be obliged. 
PHYMOSIS FOLLOWING BALANITIS. 
By W. J. -Martin, M. D. C., Kankakee, Ill. 
The patient, a black Percheron stallion, aged nine years and 
weighing 1900 pounds, was, on August 19th of this year, 
brought to my hospital suffering from a severe form of balanitis, 
the prepuce being enormously swollen. The owner stated that 
a few days previous, the horse had during the night escaped out 
of the building in which he was kept and was found the next 
morning in an adjoining pasture, in which were a number of 
brood mares with their colts. The supposition was that some 
of the mares had kicked the stallion on the prepuce or penis 
while that organ was in a state of erection. 
Upon examination with the hand the swollen mass did not 
appear to be very sensitive, nor did there seem to be much pain 
present. The physical appearance of the horse was good; 
countenance was bright and cheerful; appetite fairly good ; 
bowels moving properly, and on a very close examination it was 
found that micturation could be performed slowly and with 
slight difficulty, owing to the penis being imprisoned in the 
swollen prepuce ; this organ could be felt about four inches up 
from the end of the prepuce. Irritation from the urine passing 
through this portion of the prepuce was suspected, but on exam¬ 
ination there was none found from this cause. The inflamma¬ 
tion seemed to have involved the entire interstitial structure of 
the prepuce and was evidently due to mechanical injury, al¬ 
though the exact seat of the original injury could not be found. 
The lower portion of the prepuce was not by half as large as 
the central part of the organ. 
The treatment consisted of continuous irrigation with cold 
water for a period of one hour at a time, repeated several times 
a day. After each irrigation the prepuce was smeared over with 
oxide of zinc ointment; a small amount of this was also placed 
within the preputial orifice. The horse was turned loose in a 
large box stall and fed a limited amount of hay, oats and bran. 
A mild diuretic was also given in the drinking water once daily. 
* Read before the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, Nov, i6, 1898. 
