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ment, the weight of the testicle indicating 12% pounds; the 
same was 10 inches in length, 7 in breadth and 8 in thickness. 
In the parenchyma of this enlargement numerous collections 
of creamy suppurative pus, contained within scirrhus or indurated 
knotty tracts. Microscopical examination confirmed the diag¬ 
nosis of medullated carcinoma. After the operation the general 
condition of the patient was somewhat affected. After twelve 
days this state became more serious by the appearance of a high 
fever, the patient succumbing a few days later. 
Post-mortem exposed carcinoma of the spermatic cord; can¬ 
cerous infiltration of the mesenteric and thoracic lymph glands, 
with metastatic tumors in the lungs, spleen and inguinal regions. 
The middle portion of the biceps femoris, where it joins the 
aponeurosis on the left side, had been lacerated, probably during 
the act of casting. Bunod reports in Jo2irnal de Med „ 1867, an 
encephaloid cancer of the right testicle which weighed 9 pounds 
(4500 gr.). Also in this case subsequent fever, great swelling 
and dyspnoea, death and metastatic tumors in various parts. 
Bayer suggests, therefore, that the appearance of the carcino¬ 
ma in other parts of the body—or at least their virulence—to 
be primarily due to the operation itself. As additional proof of 
this he mentions a lymphatic swelling in the inguinal region, 
which had so augmented since the operation as to be almost the 
size of the original tumor.— Oestew. Zeitschr. 
Luxation of the Femur. —We were lately called twice in 
one week to see cases of displaced femur. The first was in a 
cow, three days after it had occurred. This animal had slipped 
while urinating, and was unable to rise without assistance; we 
diagnosed luxation of the hip upon the left side. The head of 
the femur had glided downward into the ischial foramen, in which 
location we discovered it by rectal examination. Crepitation 
was discernible upon movement of the limb. Temperature not 
increased; appetite normal. 
The second case was that of a bull which had, during at¬ 
tempts at coition, fallen violently to the ground. The animal 
