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the axilla, on the abdominal walls, on the sheath, the fore arm or the 
thighs, the operation is indicated, and a uniform result will follow. 
In carcinoma in bitches it has also given excellent results. 
Contra Indications .—It must not be used when the tumors aie 
around the eye, the anus, or the vulva. 
Modus operandi .—Incise the tumor in its length and divide it in 
two halves. Sponge the blood well and cover the sections of the 
growths with powdered arsenious acid, in quantity proportional 
to its size. The phenomena following, in twenty-four hours after, 
are local tumefactions, more or less oedema of the part, and little 
or no fever. But three days after, the eschar is defined and 
sloughs by degrees, and is followed by rapid cicatrization.— Ibid. 
LARGE EPIPLOIC TUMOR IN A BITCH—ANTISEPTIC LAPAROTOMY 
—RECOVERY. 
By Prof. Degive. 
Although the fact is generally understood that the abdomen of 
the dog may be exposed with but little comparative danger, and that 
surgical operations are frequently performed in that region with¬ 
out bad results, there is an interest attending the present case— 
and it is with reference to this that it is published—arising from 
the illustration it affords of the value of the antiseptic method in 
operative surgery, and the consequent duty of the veterinarian 
to put it to the test and to secure all the advantages it may in¬ 
volve. 
A bitch supposed to be pregnant had exceeded her time of 
delivery without having her litter, but at the same time exhibiting 
an unusually large abdomen. The ventral walls were tense, but 
the enlargement was more marked in the anterior than in the 
hypochondiac regions. A round mass on the right flank 
was distinctly felt, but there was no detectable fluctuation. 
The animal was comparatively in a satisfactory condition, and 
the operation of laparotomy was decided upon, as much to form a 
diagnosis as to relieve the patient, which was supposed to have 
neoplastic tumors of some kind. 
Careful and strictly antiseptic laparotomy was performed, and 
the spleen, with a large bloody tumor of the great omentum, were 
