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the posterior limb upon which the weight rested seemed to 
be rotated outward at the stifles. The anterior limbs were 
also wasted, but their temperature was higher than that of 
the posterior. The appetite declined, the animal became 
dull, dazed and listless, and died. 
Post-mortem .—On slitting the posterior vena cava, the 
blood which flowed from it contained what appeared to be 
particles of fat. The heart had undergone extensive fatty 
changes, but the cavities contained no blood. This fluid from 
the thoracic vessels was of a dark greenish tint and fatty 
looking. The ribs of the left side, from the third to the 
eleventh, were fractured, most of them in two places, at the 
neck and the central third.— Ibid. 
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE DOG COMPLICATED WITH ASCITES. 
By E. W. Hoare, F.R.C.Y.S. 
The patient was a thorough-bred bull-dog two years old, 
which, when first seen by the author, was lame in the right 
hind leg, said to be occasioned by injuries received by being 
run over by a car. He was treated for his lameness and 
improved. 
At that time he did not look like a healthy animal, though 
his appetite was moderately good; but shortly after this 
period he seemed to pine away, and the abdomen began to 
enlarge, continuing gradually to do so until it became enor¬ 
mous in size, the remainder of the body looking, meanwhile, 
like that of a skeleton. The visible mucous membranes were 
pale ; the pulse weak and irregular; the respiration labored; 
appetite gone ; bowels obstinately constipated. 
Paracentesis abdominis was performed, with a temporary 
relief. Then the liver was found much enlarged, but without 
jaundice or vomiting. Stimulants, laxatives, bandages over 
the abdomen all failed to relieve, and the animal died without 
a struggle. At the post-mortem the liver was found enor¬ 
mously enlarged and almost a mass of white growths, which 
in some parts had broken down into cavities. The perito¬ 
neum also was covered with small growths, and a few were 
