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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN PERIODICALS. 
flesh of animals having fed but once upon this green will emi 
a characteristic odor and taste. When this food, however, v 
withheld fourteen days previous to slaughtering, this disa 
greeable feature vanishes.— Deutsch . Med . W. 
FROM ENGLISH JOURNALS. 
TWO CASES OF MALIGNANT TUMORS IN THE HORSE. 
By Thomas Walley, M.R.C.Y.S., Royal Veterinary College, Edinburgh. 
The following two cases, each of which present som< 
points of interest, came under my notice in consultation. Fo 
the main points in the history of the cases I am indebted t<| 
the gentlemen in whose practices they occurred. 
CASE I.—ADENOMA. 
Subject —Brown cart gelding, 6 years old. 
History. —The horse was first seen on the 24th of Marcl 
by Mr. Barclay, of Dunfermline, who was informed that th< 
animal had been purchased about five weeks previously a 
sound, but that, as he did not appear to thrive and had be 
come “ pot-bellied,” the owner thought the horse was th 
subject of worms. As Mr. Barclay did not observe anything 
of a definite character, he treated the case with vermicide 
and cathartics. 
On April 1st Mr. Barclay was informed that the horse wa 
off his feed and very dull, and that the abdomen seemed tj 
be increasing in size. On visiting his patient he found thaj 
such was the case; the pulse also had become rapid (So) an< 
weak, the mucous membranes highly injected, the respiratio 
thoracic ; further, on manipulating the abdomen he detected 
a distinct fluctuation wave, and also a large hard tumor i 
the right inguinal region. He informed the owner that th 
animal was the subject of ascites, and that in his opinion i 
was the result of Organic disease of one or more of the intei 
nal organs or of the mesenteric glands, and suggested tha 
I should be asked to visit the case. The suggestion wa 
acted on, and a quantity of fluid was removed from the abd( 
