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REPORTS OF OASES. 
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These cases are recorded principally as illustrations of the 
necessity to follow the rules laid down in Prof. Liautard’s 
Operative Surgery, which were introduced by him as far 
back as 1879 an d 1880. 
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ABSCESS ON THE SPLEEN. 
By E. F. Koehler, D.V.S., Easton, Pa. 
Allow me to briefly describe this case as follows: subject, 
a bay gelding aged twenty, used for driving purposes. 
Was called Feb. 23, ’94, found suffering with severe col¬ 
icky pains, brought him to hospital, treated him for pain, 
which subsided in about 18 hours, but would have repeated 
attacks every few days, finally owner decided to have him 
destroyed. 
The autopsy revealed a large abscess on the spleen, and 
adhering to the larger colon by large bands of peritoneum ; by 
opening the abscess found three distinct cavities, containing 
thick yellowish pus with a disagreeable odor. The cavities 
communicated with each other, and, by means of short tract, 
with the interior of the larger colon. The caliber of the in¬ 
testines was very much diminished, preventing the free pas¬ 
sage of the fecal matter, causing its accumulation in front of 
the constriction. 
The only cause attributed is that about six month previous 
the driver struck him on the left side in about the region of 
the spleen with a two-pronged dung-hook which penetrated 
the skin and muscles. 
PAROTID ABSCESS. 
By H. D. Fenimore, D.V.S., Knoxville, Tenn. 
A gray gelding was sent to my hospital with one side of 
his head enormously swollen, and with a history of not hav¬ 
ing eaten anything for a week. He showed an abscess of the 
parotid region, which ripened in two days and was opened, 
with a discharge of a large quantity of extremely foetid pus. 
At the same time a point showed itself on the course of 
Stenon’s duct along the anterior border of the masseter mus- 
