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REPORTS OF CASES. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
“ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner , but his skill dies with him. By re¬ 
cording his observations, he adds to the knowledge of his profession, and assists by his facts 
in building up the solid edifice of pathological science.''' 1 
“ Experience is by industry achieved , 
And perfected by the swift course of time." 
HEMATURIA IN A STEER—COMPLICATION. 
By S. R. Howard, V. S., Hillsboro, O. 
Oct. 9, 1899, I was called at night to treat a steer of J110. 
Ridgeway’s, near Samantha, O. His temperature was up a 
degree or two and his pulse somewhat accelerated ; anorexia 
present. He would stand apparently all right for a period of 
about twenty to thirty minutes, then have a tendency to be a 
little uneasy, move a few steps, and then give several low, plain¬ 
tive grunts, thus evincing more or less pain. Occasionally he 
would strain, raise his tail, open anus, and I have been informed 
from that time until he died the sphincter ani was very much 
relaxed. 
Manual examination per rectum disclosed a few ounces of 
urine in bladder, and during straining his uretha pulsated 
slightly, and he would back and rest slightly against the wall. 
He was at such times gentle and easily approached. I exam¬ 
ined for “gut-tie,” calculus in bladder, obstruction in sheath 
and penis. After carefully examining and watching him nar¬ 
rowly for at least an hour I discovered absolutely nothing to 
base a positive diagnosis upon. However, I observed one thing 
that somewhat puzzled me, and it was an enlargement or thick¬ 
ening several inches in length, tapering regularly to ends, occu¬ 
pying the urethra throughout the entire extent of the superior 
and inferior flexures of the penis. 
Manipulation of the part caused no pain, save when sharply 
squeezed between thumb and finger and the finger then sud¬ 
denly allowed to slip. This induced a slight twitching, espe¬ 
cially of the flanks. His bowels had operated normally several 
times during the night. From that evening no one ever saw 
him urinate. 
Owner said he had noticed upon several previous occasions 
a few drops of pure blood pass from steer’s sheath, but thought 
not much of it. 
