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was in a hospital of a city veterinarian and lasted for several 
weeks. Amputation was resorted to, but with very bad results. 
The last case I saw had been under the care of a local veterina¬ 
rian, who had amputated a portion of the penis and returned 
animal to the owner, who was a horse dealer. Horse dealer dis¬ 
posed of animal to a client of mine, and the third day after the 
purchase I was sent for and was informed that the horse could 
not make water. I was satisfied by the symptoms that the 
owner was right, and so got hold of the penis with the intention 
of using the catheter, but found amputation of a portion had 
been performed. I so informed owner, but it was impossible 
to pass catheter, so I recommended to try and return horse to 
dealer. An arrangement was made that the dealer should take 
back the horse, which he did in a few days afterwards and the 
horse died in dealer’s stable the next morning. I think that 
very unsatisfactory results follow the amputation of a portion of 
penis, and, if satisfactory, the length of time it takes for animal 
to recover the owner would object to pay bill. Besides, the 
owner might have many lawsuits on his hands on account of 
the animal urinating on the sidewalk in place of the- street. 
The cases cured by frostbite that I have treated have caused me 
very little trouble and in no instance have I had a return of the 
trouble. I have always used an ointment of boracic acid, ben¬ 
zoin and cosmoline, covering the penis entirely with ointment 
and cotton batten, using a support, tightening the support the 
second or third day, redressing again and repeating support two 
days more. Then pushing the penis as far up into the sheath 
as possible, using support again and at the end of two days 
again. I have always been able to get all of the penis up into 
the sheath, still using the support and placing cotton up into 
the sheath, and in a very short time the animal made a success¬ 
ful recovery. 
Paralysis of Penis , if existing at time of examination, is cer¬ 
tainly unsound. I have had one case of paralysis of the penis 
that I treated just in the same way as frostbite. The animal 
was in my hospital for 30 days, when he was able to go to reg¬ 
ular work. The following July the horse was returned to my 
hospital in the same condition, treated as before, working in 30 
days, and it is now seven years since, and animal when I saw 
him last, about four months ago, was doing his regular work 
and no paralysis of the penis existed. Have always treated such 
animals with laxative diet and nux vomica. 
Mammitis (Inflammation of mammary gland).—Unsound. 
