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2. FIBROMA. — The fibroma is a neoplasm constituted of 

 adult connective tissue. It is hard, dry, and unyielding, and 

 is found in the skin, subcutem, glands, uterus, etc. A num- 

 ber may develop in the same region (multiple fibromata). 

 The evolution is slow and prognosis is favorable, and they 

 only discommode the subject when located in an important 

 organ or its vicinity. Unless they attain a size sufficient 



Fig. 79. 

 Fusiform Cells of a Sarcoma. 



to hinder locomotion or interfere with the harness, they 

 may be safely left unmolested. Surgical intervention is, 

 therefore, but a matter of propriety. 



3. LIPOMA. — The lipoma is a tumor constituted of adi- 

 pose tissue. It is rather frequent in the dog, the horse and 

 the ox. Its dimensions are variable; its shape round or 

 oval;- its limits easily defined, and finally it may exhibit 

 sensations of pseudo-fluctuation so pronounced as to give 



