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THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE 
person’s head ; its hardness was in several places interrupted by 
the openings of sinuses which communicated with one another in 
the interior of the gland : from these openings an ill-conditioned 
pus was constantly flowing. 
The eyeball, and its appendages on the same side, were involved 
in the disease, and it could not be seen unless by opening the lids, 
which were closed. When they were separated, a quantity of 
sanious fluid escaped, and the structure of the eye appeared much 
disorganized. The animal suffered from difficulty in respiration 
and deglutition, as the tumour internally pressed upon and forced 
down the larynx and pharynx. 
Little could be done towards effecting a cure in this case, so 
palliative remedies were merely employed : the sinuses were in- 
jected with detergent lotions, and they were so opened up as to 
afford evacuation to the matter contained within. The operation 
of removing the tumour by the knife was proposed to the owner. 
He did not appear to approve of it, and still continues to keep 
the cow, which remains pretty much in the same condition. 
The case of tumour in a cow is one which, according to the 
owner’s account, occurred under the following circumstances : — -The 
patient, a fine short-horned cow, shewed every indication of ap- 
proaching parturition on June 21st. The size of the udder, the 
appearance of the external organs of generation, and the relax- 
ation of the sacro-ischiatic ligaments, together with the presence of 
other conditions observed on such occasions, shewed that the full 
period of utero-gestation was completed. 
For many hours the cow was extremely uneasy and strained 
considerably, yet the liqor amnii was not evacuated, nor did the 
membranes containing it and the foetus make their appearance. 
A manual examination was made, when it was found that the 
os uteri had not dilated more than sufficient to admit the intro- 
duction of three fingers. 
Continued and energetic attempts were made to enlarge the 
os uteri; and after considerable labour, and affording the animal 
some time to rest herself, it was so far accomplished as to render 
it comparatively easy, after evacuating the liquor amnii, to bring 
the calf into the vagina. The calf was extracted without any par- 
ticular difficulty until it reached the hips, when forcible attempts 
were required to remove it. The placenta was taken away soon 
after delivery. 
During the remainder of the 21st, and through the whole of 
the 22d, considerable abdominal pain was evinced by the cow ; 
there was also constipation, and a limited evacuation of urine. 
She got a large dose of purgative medicine on the 22d, until 
which time the owner managed the case himself : he is an intel- 
