154 REPORTS OF CASES. 
American Veterinary College—Hospital Department] 
BRONCHOCELE IN A SETTER-OPERATION BY ENUCLEATION- 
DEATH. 
By A. J. Hammerstein, D.V.S.—(House Surgeon). 
The physiology and pathology of this form of affectior 
have for years stimulated the investigation of physiologist: 
and pathologists, and yet it may safely be affirmed that th( 
last word has not yet been said concerning the functions an( 
the pathological influences of the thyroid glands. It is t( 
add to whatever may be already known one more fact whicl 
may assist in satisfactorily solving the long-discussed question 
that the present case is recorded. Like the majority of thos 
which have been reported, it ended fatally. 
The patient was a male Irish setter, about eight years old 
and weighing about eighty pounds. The bronchocele \va 
about the size of a closed fist, and was situated at the base c 
the neck, just anterior to the point of the right shouldei. Th 
enlargement was movable and not painful to the touch, a 
though to a certain degree it interfered with the functions c 
respiration and deglutition. i\.ll other functions of the bod 
were normal. 
Operation. —The animal was secured and placed upon 
table, the hair removed from the enlargement, and the pai 
washed with a solution of bichloride of mercury, i per ceil 
to 1,000. He was then placed under the influence of ethe 
and an incision made over the most prominent part of tl 
tumor, from before backwards. The skin was then dissect€ 
back and the cellular tissue separated from the enlargemer 
and the blood vessels requiring it ligated and severed. Tt 
tumor was now easily removed from its cavity and the par 
again washed with the bichloride solution, and the edges 
the wound brought together by an interrupted .suture, 
pad of oakum was then applied, and secured by a suitafc 
bandage. The patient was then placed in the kennel, ai 
bread soaked in milk was offered, of which he ate very litt 
but drank water freely. During the night he suffered soil 
pain, which was shown by an occasional moan. 
