General Diseases. 295. 
Veterinary Journal for February, 1880, the subject being 
the deerhound bitch “Teilda.”. On making a section of 
the growth I removed, which weighed over half-a-pound, 
the scirrhous type of ‘cancer, in both stages, hard and 
soft, was found to be well marked—the former in the 
centre, the latter towards its circumference. The external 
appearance of the cancerous gland, before operation, was 
glazed, tense, and of a varied livid hue. In several places 
it was puckered, and the nipple retracted. There were 
three fistulous wounds, from which a thin offensive dis- 
charge issued. In 1886 I operated on two very typical 
cases from Hastings and Battle, but, in both instances, 
secondary growths elsewhere took place. . 
Cancer frequently invades the canine liver. A case 
(encephaloid) involving the liver and spleen of a retriever 
dog, nine years old, is recorded by the author in the 
Veterinary Journal for June, 1880. Also another very 
remarkable case in the Léve Stock Journal for July 13th, 
1883 ; the subject being a pointer, nine years old, in 
which death occurred from embolism of the posterior 
vena cava. A post-mortem examination revealed, 
amongst other complications, large deposits of medullary 
cancer in the liver. In making this autopsy, I had the 
misfortune to become inoculated on the forefinger of 
the right hand, and had a narrow escape from death. 
Two cases of melanoid cancer will be found under the 
heading of “ Melanosis.” i 
Osteoid cancer (osteo sarcoma) is most frequently met 
with in the bones of the fore-arm. I have had two well- 
marked cases in my hospital practice, the one subject 
being a mastiff dog, bred by myself, the other a St. Ber- 
nard bitch. In both instances the radius, ulna, and carpa} 
bones were involved, an enormous mass of honeycomb- 
like osseous deposit being especially thrown out on the 
radius. These cases, with full particulars, are recorded in 
the Veterinary Journal, Amputation might | successfully 
