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found her in the pasture field. Owner stated that she passed 
foeces naturally and to all appearances was as well as ever, but on 
being made to trot there was an unnatural noise as of air being 
aspired through the rupture. Saw her about a month after; the 
unnatural noise had ceased altogether. She made a complete re¬ 
covery and has trotted several races last winter. 
LITHOTOMY. 
By the Same. 
Early on the morning of the loth September, 1883, 1 was 
called to see a gelding, the property of Mr. J. England, baker of 
this town. The following history of the case I*obtained from 
the owner: To use his own words, he has been bad in his water 
for a long time; the day previous while out driving, he would 
suddenly stop and stretch as if about to stool, pass a small 
quantity, continued dribbling of urine from the penis. When put 
in the stable at night he seemed uneasy, but he (the owner,) 
thought he would be all right in the morning. The fol¬ 
lowing morning I was called and found the animal very 
uneasy, moving backward and forward in his stall, stretching as 
if about to stool, pass small quantities with violent straining. I 
at once suspected some obstruction in the bladder, and on exam¬ 
ination per rectum, had no difficulty in detecting the obstruction 
to be a large calculus in the bladder. I at once passed the catheter 
and relieved the animal. I now informed the owner that its re¬ 
moval could only be accomplished by an operation, which would 
, necessarily entail a certain amount of risk. He at once con¬ 
sented to the operation and wished it performed at once. Having 
made necessary preparations, I decided if possible, to operate 
without casting the animal. I had the horse led outside of the 
stable door, the ground being about eighteen inches lower than 
the stable floor, placing a plank on each side of the door, 
parallel with the horse, to keep him from moving sideways. I 
had a twitch put on his upper lip, held by an assistant, strapped 
up his fore-foot, and with a long rope from the halter tied back 
to a post to keep him from going forward, I then passed the 
