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turpentine, to be given in his drinks; also an emollient sachet to 
be placed over the kidneys. 
The next morning the animal seemed to be doing well, but in 
the middle of the day the same symptoms and difficulty returned, 
but when introducing the catheter the instrument fails to reach 
the bladder, and the operation of perineal urethrotomy seems to 
promise the only chance of relief. This was done immediately, 
with some difficulty, and a flexible sound was easily introduced 
into the bladder; but a straight metallic instrument entered only 
a limited distance in the urethra, and there met with an obstruc¬ 
tion which it was impossible to overcome. This time eight liters 
of urine were extracted. The animal after this was relieved twice 
a day. The patient seemed to be doing well—but the retention 
of urine remained the same. 
Rectal examination then made by Mr. Violet revealed the 
presence of the tumor in the pelvis (which proved not to be the 
bladder). It was situated to the right, about 15 centimetres from 
the anus; was firmly fixed, and had the consistency of a phleg¬ 
monous tumor. It was closely connected with the urethra, being 
slightly elevated by the catheter where it is introduced. This 
tumor explains all the symptoms of the difficulty of micturation. 
But what is probably its nature? Perhaps melanotic; but the 
animal shows no sign of melanotic deposits on the external por¬ 
tions of the body. Can it not be an abscess, a complication of 
tlie puncture made in the coecum some months before? At any 
rate, the prognosis is serious. Two days later, the urine removed 
through the catheter was whitish and slightly milky, showing 
under the microscope a large number of pus globules. Five days 
later, only two liters of urine were removed with the catheter. 
The animal must have passed some himself; indeed he was seen 
doing it, and it was then very white. The tumor in the pelvis 
when again examined, had diminished in size, and had lost its 
hardness. It became softer, contracted upwards in the pelvis, 
ceased to press the urethra, and the animal was discharged con¬ 
valescent, relieved of his trouble by the opening of the abscess 
into the urethra and the discharge of its contents, mixed with the 
urine.— Journal de Zootechnie. 
