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the others. It laid no eggs, and none were ever felt in its rump when it 

 was examined. It never crowed, but it had a large erect comb like that 

 of an ordinary cock, and spurs. Its gait was also peculiarly elastic. The 

 people at the farm where it was reared were in doubt as to its sex, and 

 it went b}' the name of "the Neuter Gender" when I received it. I had 

 thought of letting it live until next year, to see whether it would not have 

 begun to lay b}' that time, but about the ist October, 1922, I received 

 word that it was evidently very ill, and that I ought to have it killed. 

 This was done, and the post-mortem examination showed that there was 

 a large tumour in the abdominal cavity. When the peritoneal cavity was 

 opened, a great quantity of a clear fluid ran out, and, as the photograph 

 reproduced in fig. 2 shows, the peritoneum was distinctl}' thickened. 



In the abdominal cavity there was a large tuberous tumour, which was 

 clearly circumscribed and not attached to any organ. It consisted of 

 several tuberosities of various sizes, some of a yellowish white colour, 

 others reddish. The latter were stratified, and somewhat resembled agate. 

 The tumour was slightly movable, but could not be removed from the 

 abdominal cavity until a large bloodvessel, which served as its stem, had 

 been severed. When fixed it weighed 25 grammes. 



When the tumour had been taken out, the small, flat ovary was visible 

 where it had lain pressed between the tumour and the posterior abdominal 

 wall. It was somewhat dense!}- covered with small metastases, as was also 

 the entire surface of the abdominal cavity (fig. 2). I found no metastases 

 in the liver or other abdominal organs, and I cut through the liver in all 

 directions without finding a single nodule in it. Its serous membrane, on 

 the other hand, was thickly covered with small metastases. The oviduct, 

 as the photograph shows, was misshapen and much crumpled, its mesen- 

 tery being short. The mouth of the tube was also malformed, and con- 

 sisted of a long fissure, also plainly seen in fig. 2. I tried to sound the 

 oviduct by passing a probe from it down to the cloaca, but there was no 

 opening to be found. 



In the post-mortem examination I was puzzled to know whence the 

 tumour had come. I was most inclined to consider it as a metastasis like 

 the others, only much larger; and I cut out a piece for microscopical ex- 

 amination. It presented a very peculiar appearance (fig. 3), very much 

 resembling reticular connective tissue. I saw immediateU-, however, that 

 the tumour contained much fat; but the small islands of epithelial cells 

 containing no fat gave me no certain clue as to the origin of the tumour. 

 A microscopic section through a small nodule in the serous membrane 

 over a portion of intestine proved, however, that the tumour was certainly 

 of epithelial character, as there was much in its appearance that resembled 

 a gland (fig. 4), but what tland I was unable to determine with any cer- 

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