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line, and dissection made to expose the urethral canal. The deep 
situation of the peni§ between the two ischiatic tuberosities, with 
the powerful struggles of the animal and his unwillingness to 
maintain the standing position, rendered the operation impossible, 
and the division of the urethra at that point was necessarily 
abandoned. 
Taking advantage of the recumbent position assumed by the 
animal, and in which he was kept with much difficulty, the legs 
were then secured by ropes, and an attempt made to find the 
urethral opening at the end of the penis. To effect this the 
sheaths and prepuce were divided on the lower border, and on 
the median line, and with great difficulty, the end of the penis 
was exposed. The organ at this point has a very small protru¬ 
sion of mucous membrane, and on this the urethral opening 
was vainly looked for. The afternoon being advanced, and the 
light beginning to fail in consequence of a sudden change in the 
weather, a small portion of the organ, about an inch, was ampu¬ 
tated, with the hope that the urethra might thus be found. 
Careful examination, however, failed to discover it, and it be¬ 
came necessary to leave the animal to nature and the chance of 
his mortally-critical condition. The parts having been washed 
and antiseptically sewed and dressed, the attempt thus ended. 
The animal did not seem to experience much suffering from 
the operation. His temperature remained about 102°; his 
appetite failed somewhat; he drank but little ; but rumination 
had entirely ceased. For the purpose of giving him some relief 
from his stretching condition, the bladder was emptied by aspira¬ 
tion through the rectum, but of course with only temporary 
relief. On the second day after the operation the poor camel 
died. 
At the post-mortem, extensive peritonitis was found, with a 
large quantity of fluid in the abdominal cavity, and the strong 
urinous smell of this fluid directed attention to the bladder, which 
was found ruptured. The kidneys were healthy, and the urethra, 
which scarcely admitted the introduction of a small silver probe 
from the ischiatic arch to its far end, had, at about eight inches 
from’the end of the passage, a small calculus, scarcely the size of 
