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tumor, occupying the lumbar region, was found—the kidneys 
were hypertrophied. The growth involved the posterior aorta, 
weighed over 19 pounds, and seemed to be the continuation of 
the external coat of the aorta. It also involved the posterior 
vena cava, the ureters, the fascia covering the psoas, and the 
nervous trunk of the region. It extended from the renal to the 
iliac arteries. The microscopic examination showed it to be of 
sarcomatous structure.—( Veterinarian .) 
Autoplasty in the Horse. —Mr. D. C. Campbell, M.R. 
C.V.S., in the same journal, publishes the record of a case of 
skin grafting which seems to him somewhat encouraging. It is 
that of a horse whose shoulder had been torn by another and 
for which the treatment applied made but slow progress. To 
hasten the recovery an attempt was made to graft a num¬ 
ber of small pieces of skin (about ten) taken from the neck. 
These were removed with all antiseptic care, the granulations 
of the wound gently irritated and the pieces of skin carefully 
laid here and there on the surfaces of the wound. The whole 
was covered with a piece of oiled silk and a protective bandage. 
On account of the restlessness of the patient this had to be re¬ 
moved the same day. Everything would have gone well, had 
it not been for that accident. The wound, however, healed well 
and left but little cicatrix. 
GERMAN REVIEW. 
By W. V. Bieser, D.V.S., New York City. 
Basedow’s Disease in the Dog. —Ever since 1840 Base¬ 
dow’s disease has been described in animals only three times 
(horse, dog, cow). A. had an opportunity of recording a case in 
the dog. The case began with restlessness ; the dog had occa¬ 
sional convulsions ; never reached the size of its mother, brothers, 
or sisters ; eyes protruded markedly for the last four weeks ; the 
dog could not remain quiet long in any one place, turning about 
uneasily and whining. Upon examination the eyes were seen 
to protrude markedly ; the upper lids were immovable (Grafe’s 
symptom of Basedow’s disease in human beings); the pulse was 
130 and arythmic ; the respirations 30-35. The heart beats 
were easily felt, the arteries being very strongly contracted. 
There was marked swelling of the thyroid gland. In human 
beings, the protruding eyeballs, the goitre, and acceleration of 
the pulse rate are the chief symptoms, arythm of the pulse being 
