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history of the case I was informed that it was of twenty-four 
hours duration and that a neighbor who had been called in 
tried to reduce it, but had failed, and advised the sending for 
a doctor, first giving it as his opinion that it was the “mother,” 
meaning the foetal placenta. 
After emptying the bladder it was reduced with very little 
difficulty, and though the time was due for the cow to calve 
the os uteri not showing any signs of dilating, I sutured the 
lips of the vulva together, with orders to place the animal in 
a box stall and to be seen at least every three hours, with the 
expectation that the cow would calve in about twenty-four 
hours. Animal recovered, but advised owner not to breed 
again. 
RECTAL TUMOR. 
By C. H. Martin, D.V.S., Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 
I send you a tumor, removed from a patient, for your ex¬ 
amination. The subject was a brown mare, very old, some 
twenty-two years, still able to do light work. 
On the morning of July 17th she was found with a tumor 
protruding from the anus—this was of the size of a child’s 
head—covered by the mucous membrane, red and somewhat 
inflamed, and was supported by a pedicle which measured 
about one inch in diameter. As there was but one thing to 
do—remove it—I had the mare prepared by a mild dose of 
physic and laxative food, and after a day or two I applied an 
•elastic ligature, thinking I could slough the tumor off and 
avoid the possibility of a troublesome haemorrhage. But find- 
iing the next day that the growth, though considerably shrunk, 
had not sloughed off, and on account of the very offensive 
odor of this mortified mass, I applied an ecraseur on the 
ligated peduncle and cut the tumor off. Rectal injections of 
phenyled water were made several times a day for a few days, 
the wound healed up readily, and the mare is now at her 
work again. 
[The microscopic examination made by Dr. Becket at the American Veterinary 
College showed the tumor to be of a melano-sarcomatic nature.— Editor.] 
STRICTURE OF CESOPHAGUS DUE TO INFLAMMATION. 
By Wm, V. Lusk, Veterinary Surgeon Second Cavalry, Fort Wingate, N. M. 
, Subject, a black gelding, nine years old, fifteen and one- 
half hands high, and used for cavalry purposes; was noticed 
to be off his feed one evening, and that he possessed a slight 
cough and a slight discharge from nose. Examination re- 
