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CLINICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



CANCER OF THE INFERIOR MAXILLA. 



32. A ten-year-old gelding sent to Alfort on the 9th June, 1897, by 

 M. Candelot, Veterinary Surgeon at Viarmes (Seine-et-Oise). 



Five weeks before, during the early part of May, a sw^elling as large 

 as a hen's egg was seen to have formed under the jaw. A veterinary 

 surgeon who was consulted regarded it as a cold abscess, applied a 

 blister, and a few days afterwards fired it in four places. A week later 



Fig. 29. — Cancer of the inferior maxilla. 



this swelling had become five times its original size, and another had 

 developed on the lower surface of the cheek which soon ulcerated and 

 became fistulous. The disease grew rapidly aggravated, without, how- 

 ever, producing general disturbance. The animal preserved its appetite 

 and showed no difficulty in mastication. 



On entering hospital it was still in good condition. The lower 



