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EXTRACTS FROM ENGLISH JOURNALS. 
EXTRACTS FROM ENGLISH JOURNALS. 
A PERINEAL TUMOR. 
By T. Hibbard, M.R.C.Y.S. 
On Thursday the 14th inst., a skye terrier bitch was 
brought to me suffering from constipation, and with a hard 
swelling in the perineal region. On examination per rectum] 
and per vaginam I found two tumors situated between the] 
rectum and the vagina, embedded in the connective tissue 
and apparently having no adhesion to either of the impoitant 
structures in such close proximity. I explained the nature 
of the obstruction to my client and he decided to let me 
operate. 
On the 15th I chloroformed the animal, and made an in 
cision in the superior commissure of the vulva. I then insertedl 
my linger and thumb and removed four tumors, varying frorrj 
the size of a marble to that of a duck’s egg ; and togethe 
weighing four and three-fourth ounces. They were attached to 
the connective tissue and appeared to be fibromas. 
The bitch remained in my charge until Tuesday 19th 
and got better, although she refused all food except a small 
quantity of milk. The owner upon my advice moved heri 
and after about three or four days she began to feed better 
I saw her to-day (26th) and am pleased to say she is getting 
well rapidly, the wound being perfectly healthy and the bitcl 
quite lively, no further visits being necessary.— VeterinarX 
Reviezv . 
DISINTEGRATION AND ABSORPTION OF MEDICINAL AGENTS. 
By Joreph H. Manton, M.R.C.V.S. 
I fancy the incident I now record will not be devoid d| 
interest to your readers—the circumstance of two med 
cinal balls being found, in an unchanged state, nearly twelvl 
hours after being administered. I attended the followinjj 
case in the practice of Mr. Roalfe Cox. About 8 P. m. | 
dray horse was discovered in abdominal pain, when the fori 
man horse-keeper gave, in accordance with his usual custom 
