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TUMOUR IN A DOG. 
ence to Mr. Anderson’s statement, that he had lost a mare 
in which the uterus was twisted, not having been taught 
this at the College. Mr. Anderson, on hearing Professor 
Gamgee’s remarks as to the teaching of obstetrics being 
deficient, did not rise up to say that he (Mr. Anderson) had 
not meant what he said, though Mr. Moir seems now to take 
that duty upon himself. 
In conclusion, I have only to say that the report is a fair 
and honest account of the proceedings of the society on the 
occasion referred to, and that in writing it I neither attempted 
to make any person appear clever,” nor did I put into 
any person’s mouth words which he did not utter. 
I am, Gentlemen, 
Yours respectfully. 
To the Editors of the ( Veterinarian .* 
TUMOUR IN THE SHEATH OF A POINTER DOG. 
Bv J. Read, Clitheroe. 
Ox the 12th of last month, I was requested to examine 
a valuable pointer dog, the property of R. Dewhurst, Esq., 
J.P., of this town, having a tumour within its sheath, which 
greatly interfered with the powers of locomotion. 
All that I could learn of the previous history of the case 
was, that the tumour had been gradually increasing in size 
for four or five weeks, and that the animal was losing con¬ 
dition every day; in fact, that he was becoming totally 
useless. 
Before performing the operation (for its removal was impe¬ 
rative), I administered chloroform, but the dog being of an 
irritable disposition, it had only a partial effect. 
Upon the extraction of the tumour, there escaped about a 
half pint of sabulous matter, which had become lodged in the 
sheath. The weight of the tumour was about a pound, and 
when examined I found its centre perfectly ossified. 
A few sutures were passed through the edges of the wound, 
which was subsequently treated in the ordinary manner. 
The second day after the operation, the sheath and sur¬ 
rounding parts were very much swollen, and the dog ap¬ 
peared to be in a highly dangerous state. I administered an 
aperient and applied warm fomentations, which soon gave 
great relief. 
Suppuration commenced on the third day, and the wound 
was dressed every day with a compound of turpentine until 
he was discharged, on the 30th of the same month. 
