ABSTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
ENGLISH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
Carcinoma of the Spleen in a Dog—Removal—Recov¬ 
ery [F. W. Cousens, M.R.C.V.S., F.ZS .].—A six-year-old small 
Irish terrier had an internal growth for which he was operated. On 
opening the abdominal cavity the growth was found entirely fill¬ 
ing the cavity, implicating the spleen and necessitating the ex¬ 
tirpation of the whole organ. When removed the entire mass 
weighed a little over 7 pounds. Although 30 or 40 blood ves¬ 
sels had to be ligated, but little blood was lost. There was but 
little raising of temperature for a few days after the operation. 
Careful diet was prescribed. Recovery after a month. The 
growth was found to be carcinoma.— (Vet. Journ.) 
Extensive Ostitis and Periostitis of the Humerus and 
Scapula in a Dog [Prof. George H. Wooldridge, F.R.C.VS.]. 
—Large Great Dane bitch, three years old, was very lame on 
left fore leg and the shoulder was much enlarged. She has been 
lame since several months and treated with bandage and splints 
from the foot to the elbow. When the bandage was removed no 
trace of fracture could be detected. The shoulder, however, was 
enormously enlarged. The swelling being hard and extending 
down to some distance. The leg was paralyzed, the shoulder and 
elbow dropped and the carpus and metacarpus dragged along the 
ground. Suspicion of sarcoma was suggested. The dog was de¬ 
stroyed. The leg removed showed no abnormal adhesions of the 
skin or chest wall. The enlargement extended more than half 
way up the scapula and half way down the humerus. There were 
some deeply situated spicules of bone, but the growth did not 
have the appearance of sarcoma. It was simply made of cedemat- 
ous inflammatory fibrous tissue. The humerus was found the 
seat of rarefying ostitis and periostitis. There was a large cavity 
in the upper portion of the bone and the periostitis involved the 
body and upper extremity of the bone down to its lower ex¬ 
tremity. Periostitis existed also on both external and internal 
face of the bone. Articular surfaces were sound.— (Vet. Journ.) 
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