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ing. The treatment consisted in the cutting off of the hanging mes¬ 
entery and also of the piece of muscle, puncturing with an explor¬ 
ing needle of the bowels to permit their return into the abdomen, 
careful antiseptic washing of the wound, sutures of the abdo¬ 
minal wall and of the skin with glycerine and water, carbolic 
acid solution dressing repeated, and a binder right round the 
abdomen. The animal made a fine recovery, without having 
lost^one meal and never having a rise of temperature above 
103° ; and yet her hygienic surroundings were not the most 
favorable to her recovery. 
Uarge Codon Adhering to the Peuvis and to the 
Rectum—Rupture of the Intestines. —Mr. E. Butler, M.R. 
C.V.S., records, in The Veterinarian , this rare case. A 
draught horse, six years old, was affected with intermittent and 
irregular attacks of colic. Rectal examination revealed a 
fluctuating large tumor on the left side of the pelvis and adherent 
to the rectum. At first this tumor was soft but soon became 
harder and harder. After six weeks it was very hard. The 
rectum was pushed toward the right of the pelvis and intimately 
attached to the tumor, which, pressing on the bladder, gave rise 
to much pain and incontinence of urine. Defecation "was also 
ver > difficult. Ultimately the horse died in one of these colics. 
At the post-mortem, the abdominal cavity was found full of 
food, which had passed through a large tear of the large colon, 
at the pelvic curvature, which was found adherent to the pelvis 
and to the rectum ; the rupture measured some six inches in 
length and appeared to have taken place gradually. The pelvic 
curvature contained hard faeces, moulded on the form of the 
intestines. 
Invasion of the Posterior Aorta by a Sarcoma [By Mr. 
J. A. IT. Dollar , AT.T.C.VS. ].—After eight years of apparent 
perfect health a horse became lame on the left hind leg. The 
lameness subsided by a little rest, but soon returned, to disappear 
again.. This condition kept on for a period of about six months ; 
the animal being otherwise in good health, his appetite good, 
his general condition satisfactory, except an oedema of the 
testicular envelope. Soon the lameness affected both hind legs, 
and finally was unable to work. The swelling of the testicles 
spread under the abdomen, as far as the elbows, the spermatic 
cord was thick and tense, venous pulse appeared on the 
jugular , there was difficulty of micturation, no colicy pains j the 
abdomen became large, the loins hollowed 5 there was some 
jaundice of the membranes. At the post-mortem an enormous 
