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especially of the spaniel breed. Their situation is generally- 

 subcutaneous ; I have removed them from the cheek, back, 

 side, thigh, and axilla. 



They possess a very low organisation unless injured, 

 when they will become inflamed — though this is a very 

 rare occurrence in the dog. 



Their growth is usually slow, and dependent, to a great 

 extent, on the condition of the patient ; in other words, 

 these tumours being composed of adipose tissue, they in- 

 crease in proportion to the obesity or development of this 

 tissue in other parts of the animal. 



Diagnosis is generally simple. The substance is smooth, 

 movable, and unattached, and pressure produces no pain. 



Treatment. — Excision, which in all cases may be safely 

 and successfully adopted. One long incision, nearly the 

 length of the substance, is made, the skin reflected back, 

 and there being nothing but areolar tissue to divide, the 

 tumour is easily and quickly removed from its bed. The 

 lips of the incision are then drawn together with silk 

 sutures, and the part afterwards may be treated as a 

 common wound. 



Fibrous Tumours. — ^These occasionally come under the 

 notice of the canine surgeon. They usually proceed from 

 injuries, and are chiefly found in connection with the jaws 

 or limbs. 



Diagnosis. — They have a firm attachment, are irregular 

 in surface, hard, and insensible to pressure. 



Treatment. — Excision is most advisable ; but from the 

 tumour frequently being adherent to the integument, it is 

 not so easily accomplished as in the previous kind. 



On examination after removal the tumour will generally 

 be found to be composed of a cyst (Fibro-cystic),* filled 



* In the Veterinary for January, 1871, Messrs. Gowing & Son 



record a case of cystic tumour in the lumbar region of an aged spaniel 



dog, which they removed by excision. " The tumour presented several 



peculiar features ; its walls were principally composed of white fibrous 



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