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mg—leaving a scar of very small size, not larger than a silver 
dollar. The largest tumor weighed in the neighborhood 
of forty pounds. When cut through it seemed to be a mass 
of fatty matter, with now and then a cell of broken down 
tissue, with a thin, watery substance of a yellowish brown 
color. 
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ENGLISH REVIEW. 
A Singular Cause of Roaring. —This case, recorded 
by J. A. Nunn, F.R.C.V.S. in the Veterinary Record , is un¬ 
usually interesting on account of the peculiarity which gave 
rise to it. A ten-year-old Arab pony was brought to him 
suffering with what seemed to be strangles, though its age 
was against the diagnosis. The animal was put under the or¬ 
dinary treatment, and after a few days a maxillary abscess 
was opened, giving escape to unhealthy pus and to a rusty sew¬ 
ing needle. A foetid discharge with a necrotic smell kept 
running, and to find the cause of this the animal was thrown, 
an incision made on one side of the median line “from about 
four inches from the junction of the two branches of the 
lower jaw, nearly down to the larynx, where the small and 
great cornuoe with the anterior two-thirds of the great 
hyoidal branch of the right side were found necrosed.” 
These were dissected without difficulty and removed—the 
great branch being cut off above the diseased part with a 
bone forceps. The recovery took place several weeks after¬ 
wards. It was complete with the exception that the animal 
is a confirmed roarer ; he is, however, able to perform his work. 
An Elbow Case. —Mr. F. G. Ashley, F.R.C.V.S., in the 
Veterinary Record , records a case of lameness of the off fore 
leg in a three-year-old, which shows the importance of care¬ 
ful treatment with abundant doses of patience in those in¬ 
juries which take place about joints which seem at first 
trifling, to such an extent that they are often overlooked, and 
which shortly afterward give rise to most alarming symptoms, 
not uncommonly leading to fatal termination. In this case 
the animal had received a wound which seemed of no im¬ 
portance, and, after a few days, was found very lame on the 
off foreleg, with every indication that the elbow was the seat 
of the trouble. What was the true nature of the case could 
