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vascular supply. It was hard and firm in consistence, except at 
its extreme lower part, which was becoming soft and very foetid. 
The animal was cast, and as the base of the tumor was too broad 
and tough for excision by the chain ecraseur, and a wire one not 
being at hand, it was dissected out with a scalpel, and the haemor¬ 
rhage from the external smaller blood-vessels arrested by the 
actual cautery ; and, as the ear was completely involved in the 
diseased process, it was necessary to remove that organ in connec¬ 
tion with the tumor. 
In the center of the tumor some very large blood-vessels were 
found, which required the application of the ligature, and, as 
proper assistance was not at hand, this was no easy matter. 
The tumor, when removed, weighed 30 lbs., and on being cut 
into, was very firm in consistence, except at its lower part, which 
was soft, and from which a quantity of dark colored foetid fluid 
escaped. 
The color of the tumor was deep black, and on section a 
marbled appearance was presented. Portions placed in water in 
a very short time colored it a deep black. The case up to the 
present is doing well, and as there are no other external mani¬ 
festations of the disease, and the animal appears healthy in other 
respects, there is a' chance of the operation being successful, but 
the recurrent nature of this affection makes its treatment unsat¬ 
isfactory. I may state that the wound was dressed with anti¬ 
septic dressings, in the ordinary manner. A portion of the tumor 
was forwarded to Professor Williams, New Veterinary College, 
Edinburgh, who kindly examined it microscopically and pro¬ 
nounced it to be melanosis.—( Vet. Journal .) 
A CASE OF EXTENSIVE RUPTURE OF THE (ESOPHAGUS. 
By James B. GresSwell, Louth, Author of the Manual of the Theory and Prac¬ 
tice of Equine Medicine, Etc. 
Quite recently in the evening I was called by a well-known 
breeder of short-horned stock to see a valuable heifer, belonging 
to a superior breed. The animal had been observed by the at¬ 
tendants to be choking in the afternoon about 2 p. m. The 
