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less in a gangrenous condition. Query—Did the few small calculi cause 
all the trouble, or were the calculi the result of a long standing disease 
of the bladder ? I am inclined to take the latter view, from the thick¬ 
ened walls of the viscus, etc. ; also, that retention was caused by para¬ 
lysis, and that the calculus found in the meatus gravitated there by dis¬ 
tention. Please give me your views of the case, either in the Review 
or personally. 
Yours very truly, 
C. P. Lyman, V. S E.. 
Remarks. —From the careful examination of the specimen, we are 
inclined to believe that the original trouble was the formation and pre 
sence of the calculi, which gave rise to inflammation of the viscus 
(cystitis), a common affection in dogs; and that the retention of urine 
was due to the presence of the calculus in the meatus, thus interfering 
with its exit. 
HYPOSPADIAS. 
Editor of Veterinary Review : 
It was my privilege to-day to make a partial post-mortem examina¬ 
tion of an animal of the equine species, to which the term hermaphro¬ 
dite has been applied; and since it does not fall to every Veterinarian’s 
lot to make such an examination, I make you a report of the case. On 
the morning of the 17th I was called to see the animal, and found it 
down, and unable to regain its standing position ; had been so for seven 
hours. For a long time past the near hind limb had been favored at 
time of starting from stable, and there was always difficulty in getting 
up from the near side. On Saturday morning, the 14th, assistance was 
necessary to enable the animal to get up, it having been lying upon the 
near side. Upon making a rectal examination, found the posterior 
aorta obliterated at its termination, and an aneurismal sack anterior to 
the obstruction. The posterior extremities were cold, yet retained per¬ 
fect sensation, while all the assistance rendered failed to enable the 
patient to get up. Believing treatment useless, little was done, and the 
animal died this morning at seven. In making the rectal examination, 
two testicles were found at the upper part of the inguinal canal, so that 
he, at least, was a male. 4 In making the post-mortem examination, the 
testicles were found to be but very imperfectly developed, about the size 
of an ovary, and resembling this organ in structure more nearly than that 
