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tained toenia in their pelves, the nudullary substance of the or¬ 
gan being entirely destroyed .—(Revue Veterin ) 
ENORMOUS FIBROMA AND INVAGINATION OF THE FLOATING 
COLON IN A STEER. 
By G. Fuklanetto. 
This animal, which had been recently bought, had been in perfect 
health since his purchase, and about two weeks later had been put 
to work in the field, when he manifested great difficulty in defe¬ 
cation, straining violently. This effort produced a discharge of 
blood, almost pure and increasing in quantity with each expel¬ 
ling effort. When visited by Dr. Furlanetto the anus, perineum, 
and the tail, with the internal face of the hind legs, were covered 
with fresh blood. The pulse was accelerated and weak, and the 
cutaneous temperature lowered. At the anus a tumor ap¬ 
peared, about the size of a base ball, of a brownish color, 
rough externally, bloody and imperforate. The introduction of 
the hand into the rectum caused the return of the tumor into 
the pelvis, or from thence into the abdominal cavity, where 
it dropped, and could only be felt with the ends of the fingers, 
by pushing the whole arm deeply into the rectum. The animal 
having been destroyed for the butcher, was examined, and on 
opening the abdomen, the trouble was found to be due to an in¬ 
vagination of the floating colon. The rectum was greatly dis¬ 
tended by a large polypus, 40 centimeters in length, and 16 in its 
widest part. This growth had a long peduncle, attached to the 
terminal end of the colon, and was easily displaced backward, 
even to the anus, and had given rise to the invaginations. Its 
structure proved to be that of a single fibroma.— Rec. Clin. 
Med. and CliirTrevise degli Animaux Domestiques. 
SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE PRIMITIVE AORTA—SUDDEN 
DEATH. 
By the Same. 
First Case. —This was an aged animal which had been driven 
about half a mile, at a fast gait, and when turning round to go 
back was suddenly taken with violent trembling and staggering, 
and fell and died. At the opening of the thoracic cavity the 
