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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 caninesurgeon. 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 
