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the disease may not be recognized as such, it is certainly 

 tolerably rare. 



(b) Spermatic Cord. — After castration a tumor is found 

 growing at the end of the spermatic cord, to which the name 

 "champignon" (or "scirrhous cord") has been applied. Some 

 writers claim that this lesion is always botryomycostic, and 

 the opinion is probably accurate, yet it should not be ad- 

 mitted without restriction. The recent cases never con- 

 tain the parasite, or if it does exist, it occurs in some un- 

 known form. Consequently, unless a larval form is dis- 

 covered, it must be admitted that its role in the scirrhous 

 cord is that of secondary infection. Kitt and Hofflich found 

 the bacteria of hsemorrhagic septicaemia in the spermatic 

 cord. The lesion seldom becomes general, although Sem- 

 mer observed a case involving the inguinal glands, the 

 liver, the diaphragm and the lung, and Frohner refers to 

 a case that involved the surrounding skin, abdominal mus- 

 cles and lymphatic glands. Pedrozzi and Bosso mention a 

 case of chronic funiculitis with an encroaching tendency, 

 and Thomassen the development of a tumor within the 

 abdomen that grew from the spermatic cord. 



(c) The Udder. — Botryomycosis of the mammary glands 

 has been observed in the mare. In 1890, Neilson and Sands 

 reported such a case, and since that time Sands and Muller 

 have published other observations on the subject. Frohner 

 reports a case in the mare in which the right gland was ab- 

 sent and the left had become as large as a child's head. Its 

 surface was irregular and mammillated, and a microscopic 

 examination disclosed the presence of botryomycosis in the 

 pus. We have ourselves observed a case of botryomycosis of 

 the udder, in which the two lobes were voluminous and 

 fibrous, and each presented a fistula that discharged pus 

 containing the parasite. 



(d) Other Localizations. — Ffohner observed a botryo- 



