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rupture of internal lateral carpal ligament, with a reservation 
of a possibility of error; animal placed in slings, and a plaster 
of paris cast applied to complete joint, extending above and 
below on upper extremity of metacarpus and lower extremity 
of radius. Removed from slings October 14th, and de¬ 
stroyed ; plaster of paris cast not removed until after death ; 
carpus as per specimen. Note .—There was no abrasion of 
skin, as the animal did not fall at time of injury, only slipped 
on a smooth lawn; other bones seem to be normal; on post¬ 
mortem there was some extravasated blood in synovia which 
seemed to be increased in quantity ; the ligaments were all 
normal and sound. You will note some exostosis around end 
of metacarpus. 
Is this not an unusual accident and sequence ? The owner, 
Dr. Bryning, is an old practitioner in human medicine, and he 
was as surprised as myself at the injury shown on autopsy. 
[The bones of the knee sent by Dr. Harrison were all in 
healthy condition except the os magnum and the trapezoid, 
which were crushed in numerous pieces.— Edit.] 
EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN JOURNALS, 
By Richard Middleton, D.Y S., Philadelphia, Pa. 
CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER. 
A hunting dog which had for some time passed bloody 
urine, was found upon examination to have a more or less 
painful swelling, the size of a double fist, in the region of the 
symphagsis pubis ; this tumor was of irregular contour, and 
by means of palpation evidently knotty. A few drops of 
blood would appear at the termination of each act of urination ; 
the urine was reddened and contained blood coagula. 
From the fact that integral red corpuscles could be de¬ 
tected in the contents of the bladder, the affection was as- 
scribed to alteration in the bladder itself, or urethra, while 
the exterior swelling spoke very strongly for the first organ. 
Upon post mortem a cancer of the bladder was found 
which so completely occupied the organ as to induce hyper- 
