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REPORTS OF CASES. 
tumor was hyperaemic and very much thickened. In the 
stomach I found a rent about one and one-half inch long. The 
small intestines contained nothing but water, the coecum and 
colon were filled with food, the floating colon and rectum 
were empty. 
Three years ago 1 found a tumor, now in possession of the 
Chicago Veterinary College, suspended from the mesentery 
of a mare a few inches from the pyloric orifice in such a way 
as to cause constant friction on the wall of the small intestine, 
which was very much thickened and the canal contracted 
to such an extent as to barely allow the passage of a goose 
quill. 
These cases have suggested a thought to my mind. We, 
as veterinarians, are often called on by intending purchasers to 
examine horses as to soundness. Do we realize what that 
means ? do we realize the responsibility imposed on us in this 
way ? Suppose these horses to have been of pure-bred trot¬ 
ting stock, for which was demanded fancy prices; suppose a 
veterinarian had been sent to examine them with instructions 
to buy if they were sound as they appeared to be three weeks 
before death. Examination would have revealed nothing to 
the contrary. These tumors could not be felt by outward 
manipulation nor by exploration by rectum; and the horses 
would probably have been bought. What would have been 
the consequences concerning the veterinary surgeon ? Would 
he be responsible to the purchaser for the sustained loss ? 
This, of course, is a question of jurisprudence, but very closely 
affecting the veterinary surgeon. 
AMPUTATION OF THE UTERUS IN A COW. , 
By The Same. 
An operation similar to the one described on page 174 of 
The Review was performed by me on a cow. The uterus 
had been expelled some time through the night, and was fear¬ 
fully lacerated. Reduction was out of question, so amputa¬ 
tion was decided on. A strong hemp cord was passed several 
times around the pedicle close to the vulva, and the organ 
