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MR. J. B. SUTTON ON THE 



[Mar. 18, 



wall of the rectum, and, getting into the cellular tissue, acting as a 

 foreign body. I have known a fish-bone accidentally swallowed do 

 the same thing in man. 



Dogs are liable to intus-susception of the intestine, caused by 

 swallowing tendons and other similar substances. 



Genito- Urinary Organs. 



The following injuries and diseases have been met with : — 



Fracture of the os penis in a Coati, which had united with a certain 

 amount of deformity. 



Two cases of hsemorrhagic cystitis in Ocelots, without obvious 

 lesions to account for the presence of blood. 



Enlarged prostate was found once in a Dog. An abscess of the 

 right ovary in a Coati burst and gave rise to fatal peritonitis. 



By far the most interesting case of all was tbat of a female Tiger 

 aged twelve years, born in confinement. 



Fig. 3. 



s.c. 



Fig. 3. Ovary and Fallopian tube of an old Tiger. 0. Ovary transformed into 

 cysts. 8.G. Solid growths, which are really hypertrophied corpora 

 lutea. P.O. Pedunculated cysts. S.C. Serous cysts originating in the 

 organ of Eosenmiiller. 



Fig. 4. Transverse section of the other ovary, showing the cysts in the interior 

 of the organ. 8. G. The hypertrophied corpora lutea in transverse section. 



The creature succumbed to a smart attack of pneumonia. On 

 examining the ovaries, both presented abnormal conditions. The 

 right ovary contained three solid tumours, about the size of a nut, 

 and of a reddish colour, one of them being pedunculated. Two cysts 

 of the size of a cherry occupied the substance of the organ (see fig. ,3). 



The left ovarv presented three of these reddish solid cysts, two 

 being of firmer consistence than the rest and pedunculated. 



A cyst of the size of a gooseberry occupied the substance of the 



