378 Veterinary Medicine. 



Fibroma. Furiauetto furnishes an interesting case of a 

 fibrous tumor connected with the mucosa of the floating colon, on 

 which it had dragged so as to cause a fatal invagination. 



Carcinoma. Mauri relates a case of multiple cancer involv- 

 ing not only the intestines but also the lymph glands, the heart, 

 the brain, the muscles, etc. Landis also records the case of a 

 cancerous tumor of six inches in circumference attached to the 

 floating colon of a calf. 



Cystoma. Tumors of this kind have not been found to any 

 extent in tlie intestines of cattle. Reboul describes a large cyst 

 weighing 20 lbs., attached to the reticulum, omasum and aboma- 

 sum and containing a pultaceous foetid debris. There was at- 

 tendant congestion of the colon. 



Tumors of Uncertain Kind have been recorded by other 

 observers. 



Symptoms. As in the soliped the one diagnostic symptom is 

 the discovery of the neoplasm and its effects by rectal examina- 

 tion, in those cases in which the tumor is within reach. Apart 

 from this there are the general symptoms of ill health, anaemia, 

 pallor of the mucosa and emaciation in malignant cases, and re- 

 current colics, tympanies, impaired rumination and appetite, with 

 dark colored liquid or bloody faeces, or complete suspension of 

 defecation. In Pritchard's cases one animal was in the highest 

 possible condition, having been in preparation for the Smithfield 

 (London) fat .stock show. 



Treatment. If the tumor has been diagnosed with certainty, 

 it may be removed by surgical means from its seat in the rectum, 

 or even from other parts if not multiple or malignant. Lapar- 

 otomy is better borne in cattle than in horses. 



Hyperplasia on the Intestinal Mucosa in Cattle. In a 

 Jersey heifer presented at the clinic of the New York State Veter- 

 inary College a hyperplasia of the mucosa of the duodenum, 

 which blocked the lumen, was removed and the bowel resected. 

 On examination the mass was found to be the result of productive 

 inflammation, and undergoing necro.sis and separation. 



