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REVIEW — CATTLE PATH O LOG Y. 
absolute necessity; and, besides this, like all young doctors and 
veterinary surgeons, they Were desirous of doing something. They 
warned the proprietor of the possible danger of such an operation 
as they must perform, but they assured him that, without an opera- 
tion, the case was hopeless. 
He consented, and then our two youngsters tied the poor cow to 
a stake, and, having secured her as well as they could, they com- 
menced their proceedings. Fortunately for them, the patient was 
unusually quiet. One of them effected an incision on the left side 
of the neck, two or three inches in length, parallel to the situation 
of the left jugular, and corresponding with the centre of the tumour. 
The jugular and the carotid were held aside, while the operator 
destroyed with his finger the cellular adhesions, and came directly 
on the tumour, which he opened with the stroke of the bistoury < 
To his great astonishment nothing issued from it but a little blood 
and pus and sand and earth, the whole imperfectly mingled to- 
gether, and easily distinguished from each other. A new incision 
enlarged the one already made, and also divided the mucous coat 
of the oesophagus, giving issue to the saliva, and causing numerous 
eructations. They dilated the opening a little higher up, and then 
found that the focus or cause of the tumour existed between the 
muscular and mucous membranes, between which, from some slight 
wound, these matters had insinuated themselves, but could not 
return. 
The wound was perfectly cleansed with warm water— the lips 
brought together, and retained by a suture, and the patient was 
confined to liquid food. 
8 th . — An enlargement as hard as a stone surrounded the inci- 
sion : it was scarified deeply, a little blood escaped, and the wound 
was properly dressed. 
\0th . — The wound exhaled an almost insupportable odour. The 
flesh was white and livid in various places. These spots were 
powdered with charcoal, and washed with diluted spirit. The 
wound now took on a more healthy appearance, and on the 20th 
the wound into the oesophagus was almost healed, but the tumour 
remained, and was, if possible, becoming harder. The pointed 
cautery was freely applied to it. 
30/A. — The oesophagus is healed. The cow can eat green meat, 
and ruminates; and on the 12th of May was discharged, completely 
cured. 
