REPORTS OF CASES. 
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REPORTS OF CASES. 
SPECIMENS FOR THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY 
COLLEGE. 
Sent by Dr. R. H. Harrison, D.V.S., Atchison, Kan. 
I. Bony Tumor .—This was hollow and taken from the right 
hind leg of a 16-hands brown mule, eight years old. Was seen 
by me at Kansas City. Had been treated by several veterina¬ 
rians without success. Advised her to be surgicallv treated 
The tumor was well defined, situated at the lower external 
extremity of the tibia, and was irritated by the trace, the animal 
being worked on the off side. 
Operation consisted in enucleation, which was quite sim- 
P^‘ The aponeui osis of the lower tibial region was internal to 
the tumor, its external covering being skin, and an amount of 
connective tissue and plastic deposit. Its contents were bloody 
serum and the debiis of broken-down tissue. The remarkable 
fact to me in this case is that the openings were directed in¬ 
wards; otherwise the animal was healthy and showed no bony 
deposits elsewhere. The case did very well, and after a year 
showed no sign of operation. 
2. Hydrocephalus Head.—A black draft mare, six years old, 
16-hands high. Called to attend during labor after she had 
been suffering twelve hours. Examination showed anterior 
presentation with fore-legs turned back, and head turned to the 
side and downwards. After straightening fore-extremities and 
bringing them out, made out that the head was enlarged, and 
will admit that I was very much puzzled by the softness of the 
frontal space, which you will see in specimen that the bone is 
absent. Found, after several hours of very hard work, that I 
could not straighten head, although I had a hook in the nose 
and a repeller against the chest. So advised destroying mare 
as her condition was -very bad; the pains were something 
extraordinary. Send you the head, which was covered with 
skin and hair. Brain seemed to fill cranial cavity completely, 
and was quite solid. 
