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REPORTS OF CASES. 
The walls of the bladder were found to be about three- 
eighths of an inch thick and a large neoplasm, probably an 
epithelioma, was found at the fundus of the organ. This growth 
so diminished the capacity of the organ that it was impossible 
for it to contain more than four or five ounces of urine at a time. 
This thickening caused the incontinence in all probability. The 
left kidney and ureter were entirely absent, and no trace of 
either could be discovered after a most diligent search. The 
right kidney was found in its usual place and was of normal 
shape but very much enlarged, weighing forty-five ounces, or 
very nearly as much as both usually weigh, viz.: fifty-two 
ounces. The right ureter was about twice its normal size and 
was enormously distended near its insertion into the bladder. 
This distension commenced about three inches from the bladder 
and gradually increased until its insertion into the bladder, 
where it was about two inches in diameter. The thickened 
condition of the walls of the bladder probably interfered with 
the entrance of urine, which gradually gave rise to this 
dilatation. 
LYMPHADENOMATOUS TUMORS. 
By M. Bunker, D.V.S., Newton. 
I have sent you by Adams Express to-day a keg containing 
a specimen which I think you will agree with me worthy of a 
trip to the A. V. C. The animal was an express horse, about 
six or seven years old, strong and hearty, in fine fiesh, weighing, 
when in usual working order, about 1,350 lbs. On the 26th 
of November I saw him first, and the only symptoms to be 
noticed was a general cedamatous condition of the neck, breast 
and fore legs. I suspected purpura haemorrhagica, but could 
not find any other of the characteristic symptoms of that dis¬ 
ease. 
I gave the horse a cathartic, and put him on stimulants 
and tonics. He gradually improved in general condition and 
appearance, the swelling going off almost entirely. Later on 
