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ordination with the right side. When placed in a standing 
position he would stand upon three legs, but the moment he 
would try to walk would fall down and could not rise with¬ 
out assistance. What I had to deal with I did not know, 
gave no diagnosis but gave a very doubtful prognosis, and 
treated symptoms accordingly. I placed him under bromide 
of potassium gr. ii, doses every two hours until relieved, or 
until seen again. The next day I found him somewhat im¬ 
proved, the twitching now being confined to the forward leg 
and neck, he having taken gr. xxiv of the bromide. 
Lengthening the time of administration to every four hours, 
1 left to see him next day. 
The next day he was worse, being the same as when first 
seen, and I was told that his bowels had not moved since he 
was affected, but urination was performed naturally. I had 
suspicion of paralysis of the bowels, and upon examining rec¬ 
tum found it full of fasces. I removed what I could with 
my finger and while doing so he had no tenesmus whatever. 
He did not seem to notice me. The sphincter ani would con¬ 
tract upon my finger, but the rectum felt flabby. After re¬ 
moving what fasces I could, I gave an enasma of warm water 
and soap, which was retained, left direction to give another 
enaema in about two hours if he did not have a passage, and 
also placed him under bromide, same dose every two hours. 
I called next day to find that my little patient had died 
during the night, and that the owner said he seemed as if he 
was paralyzed all over just before he died. 
Post-mortem revealed nothing as I could discover. 
I send you a report of this case in hopes that some of my 
colleagues who have had more experience in canine pathol¬ 
ogy may know what it was I had to deal with. As far as I 
am concerned I must confess my ignorance. I could find 
nothing in my works, nor in a physician’s library which des¬ 
cribed anything like it. 
A TUMOR OF THE SPLEEN. 
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By A. E. Derwent, D.Y.S., Waverly, Iowa. 
On November ist 1 was called to see a stallion belonging 
to Edward Knott & Cq, importers, at Waverly, Iowa, Ho 
