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tumors. The tumors were confined, so far as could be de- 

 termined, to the interior of the vulva, largely at the superior 

 commissure and about the meatus urinarius. The tumors 

 were of every size up to four inches in diameter. In two or 

 three of the heifers where the tumors were very large, the 

 growths protruded from the vulva, especially when the ani- 

 mal was recumbent. The tumors caused no visible distress 

 or injury to the animals. Some of the larger tumors were 

 removed after transfixing and ligating their bases with 

 strong sutures. Much care was necessary in one or two 

 cases to avoid invading the meatus urinarius. The tumors 

 had developed during the winter months while the heifers 

 had been confined largely to the stable. With the advent of 

 spring, with grazing, the new-growths disappeared spon- 

 taneously. They behaved clinically much like the common 

 "warts" and the ringworm of the head and face of young 

 cattle. 



