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and which as alterations upon the bones have only raised them 
or steadily pressed upon them for some time , are curable ; they 
must be extirpated ', if the patient is worth it. 
When it is an invading neoplasm , which has partially de¬ 
stroyed the walls of the sinuses or reached the dental alveoli , with¬ 
out , however , reaction upon the lymphatic glands, most always it 
is a case of osteosarcoma ; leave it alone. 
When one is in the presence of a tumor with ganglionar 
metastasis , it is a malignant epithelial tumor that often cannot 
be operated upon , and which always residivates , if ablation is 
attempted. 
To conclude, it is proper, to preserve for animals as well as 
for men the denomination of malignants to those tumors which 
have a rapid growth, invade surrounding tissues, bones and soft 
tissues, to those especially which extend to the lymphatics and 
those which assume the aspect of infectious processes. 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN KANSAS. 
By Dr. Geo. C. Pritchard, Topeka, Kas. 
A Paper read at June meeting of the Missouri Valley Veterinary Association, held at 
Leavenworth, Kas. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen :—The subject I have 
briefly outlined in this paper, is, I think, of vast importance to 
the general public ; and should be agitated until the people have 
become sufficiently educated, with reference to the nature and 
spread of contagious and infectious diseases of domesticated 
animals, to fully realize the great importance of placing strict 
regulations around those engaged in handling the same. 
We have already ample protection (if the law is properly 
enforced) with reference to Texas fever. But when we consider 
the great ravages of hog cholera and swine plague, bovine tuber¬ 
culosis, glanders, farcy, chicken cholera, equine and canine dis¬ 
temper, and so on through the whole list of contagious and in¬ 
fectious diseases of animals from which the country is seldom 
if ever free, one marvels at the ignorance and the indifference 
of the people in preventing the spread of these diseases. 
