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its occurrence in the canine, and more surprising is the fact 
that in the “ Maladie des Chiens” (a French translation of 
Hertwig), I failed to find either pyasmia or septicaemia men¬ 
tioned among the list of diseases to which the dog is liable. 
In the Deutche Zeitschrift fur Thiermedicin , Vol. IX, 
page 92, pyaemia is mentioned as occurring in young dogs 
following omphalitis. 
In the Monatshrift fur Thierheilkunde , Vol. IV, page 381, 
Frohner records a case of pyaemia in the bitch following an 
attack of endometritis. 
Rabe, in the Berliner Thierarztlische Wochenschrift (1888, 
page 65), describes the formation of multiple abscesses due 
to an organism resembling actinomyces. 
The case referred to in my opening remarks was that of 
an aged cocker spaniel dog, which was brought to the college 
hospital on October 4, with the history of having the end of 
his tail crushed by being run over by a street car. Ampu¬ 
tation was performed at the articulation between the fifth and 
sixth coccygeal vertebrae. The animal continued in good 
health, but the local conditions not being satisfactory, it was 
decided to excise another vertebras and leave a flap of skin 
to form the stump. This was done on October 12. The 
parts were washed before the operation with soap and water, 
followed by a 1 per cent, solution of carbolic acid. Hands 
and instruments were also subjected to similar antiseptic 
treatment. Excision being effected, the edges of the skin 
were brought into apposition by sutures, the wound dusted 
with iodoform and a bandage applied. The wound was 
dressed on October 14, and found to be healing by granu¬ 
lation at the upper part, while from the lower there was a 
very slight discharge of a serous nature. 
On the 16th there was no evidence of a discharge, the 
entire wound appeared to be united sufficiently to remove 
the sutures. The first symptom of any indisposition that 
presented itself was anorexia on the morning of the 17th, 
and then the temperature was found to be ioi° F. 
A 9 p.m. the thermometer registered a temperature of 
io 4°j pulse 80, and as the animal still refused food and appeared 
