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LARGE OVARIAN TUMOUR IN A BITCH. 
By E. J. Bovett, M.R.C.V.S., Bridgewater. 
The tumour forwarded I found in the abdomen of a 
retriever bitch, aged about eleven years, the property of 
C. W. Tinling, Esq., of Maunseli Grange. It was attached 
by a small peduncle to the uterus. 
The history of the case, as far as I can learn, is as follows: 
The animal had always been a bad breeder, seldom if ever 
bringing forth more than one puppy at a time. A few 
months since, it was thought she had “ stolen dog,” and 
to be in whelp, from being rather large. Ultimately, it not 
proving to be so, and the oestrum coming on, she was sent 
to dog, and supposed to be pregnant, but again was not so. 
After her time had expired, she was perceived to be rather 
unwell, and her owner obtained a little medicine for her of a 
veterinary surgeon who lived in the neighbourhood, which 
apparently set her right; but after a little while she was 
again ill, and appearing very large, was considered to be 
dropsical, and treated accordingly by the same person. 
In spite of all treatment, however, she continued to increase 
in size; and being greatly distressed, the owner wished to 
have her operated on; but the veterinary surgeon demurred 
to doing so, as he did not think it would prolong her life, 
which was the chief object of the owner, she being a great 
favorite. She was therefore taken home, and her owner 
wrote for me to come and see her, mentioning that she was 
dropsical, and so ill that, unless at once relieved, he believed 
she would soon sink. Consequently, on Wednesday,' the 
Jlth July, I drove over and saw T her. I concurred in the 
correctness of the before-mentioned diagnosis, but considered 
that there was also an enlargement of the liver, as by 
manipulation I could discover something abnormal besides 
the effused fluid, at the infero-lateral part of the abdomen, 
on the right side. I at once informed the owner of the 
hopelessness of the case; nevertheless, at his urgent request, 
I agreed to take the bitch back with me, and to perform the 
operation of paracentesis, although not anticipating much 
good to result from it. At the suggestion of a medical 
friend, I made a decoction of the inner bark of the elder, and 
gave one-ounce doses of it, morning and evening, until the 
following Saturday, when her owner again requested the 
operation to be performed, as he said it could not make her 
worse than she was; I therefore complied, having given her. 
