REPORTS OF CASES. 
713 
Case 19. Brown Gelding (aged), degenerated mole on out¬ 
side of hock joint. Had first appeared in Dr. Hollingworth’s 
practice about a year and a half ago; had been operated on, but 
returned in six or eight months; condition at time of presentation 
to clinic about a year’s standing, or more. Specimen of growth 
submitted to Dr. Ford, pathologist, who pronounced it a “ de¬ 
generated mole.” The horse was cast and after local anaesthesia 
by cocaine, Drs. Frost and Brocket proceeded to dissect out the 
growth. In addition to the large gathering of veterinarians at 
the clinic, there were also present Drs. Johns, Spence and Ford, 
pathologists; Dr. Bernstein, director and custodian of the state 
asylum, and Dr. Rogers (chemist), director of Pratt Institute, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
So earnest and interested were those in attendance that they 
only gave themselves a brief recess at mid-day to partake of the 
excellent buffet luncheon Dr. Hollingworth served at his hos¬ 
pital, and returned to> their work; and the general opinion pre¬ 
vailed that the clinic, as well as the meeting in general, was the 
best in the history of the society; in short, was a real “ Holling¬ 
worth clinic,” and those who were at Utica four years ago know 
what that implies.* 
ACUTE GASTRIC INDIGESTION.f 
By I. L. Buchanan, D.V.M., Auburn, N. Y. 
Case No. 1. The animal was a four-vear-old draft horse, 
weight 1,400; food, soaked corn, bran and oats. 
I was called to see this case at 10 a. m. and found the animal 
in considerable pain, the pulse and breathing rapid, con¬ 
junctiva injected, marked tympany of whole abdomen, no peris¬ 
talsis. I used the trocar in right flank and large quantities of 
gas escaped. Gave a hypodermic injection of arecoline and 
strychnine, and two ounces of aromatic spirits of ammonia, and 
an anti-ferment. Peristalsis was soon established, but more 
marked on the right side than on the left. Also there was con¬ 
siderable distension of the abdomen on the left side, and I knew 
the stomach was involved and filled with gas. Later, peristalsis 
became more marked on this side and the gas could plainly be 
heard moving along through the intestines. In an hour the ani¬ 
mal was quiet. Stimulants were left to be given through the day 
* In a communication under date of August 13, Dr. Hollingworth reports all cases oper¬ 
ated upon at the clinic “ doing well,” 
. f Read before the Central New York Veterinary Medical Association, at Syracuse, 
June, 1912. 
