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EXTRACTS FROM GREMAN JOURNALS. 
Since the epithelium of the maxillary sinus is cylindrical, 
it is very probable that the new formation was an abnormal 
prolongation of the alveolus, which ultimately involved the 
lining membrane in a secondary disease .—Berlmer Wochen- 
schrift. 
GENERAL SARCOMA OF THE HORSE. 
A horse lately acquired by purchase had from the begin¬ 
ning been deficient in appetite, and ever since that time had 
shown a certain weakness of the posterior extremities and 
difficulty in defecation. These symptoms continued for ten 
days when the animal expired. Post mortem was made about 
ten hours subsequent in the presence of the seller, with the 
following result: 
Brown mare, twelve years of age, medium height and 
weight. In the anal region a swelling, approaching in size a 
man’s head, had so contorted the rectal opening as to mater¬ 
ially lessen the caliber of the same. The base of the tail was 
likewise much beyond its normal dimensions. The anal 
swelling previously mentioned lay in the subcutis of the left 
side, slightly above, and extended from this point forward to 
the last lumbar vertebras; the same was of well defined con¬ 
tour, knotty and uneven, yellowish white with occasional in¬ 
terspersed red stripes. The cut surface was of the color of 
unstriped muscle fiber, moist and dotted here and there with 
blood vessels containing coagulated blood. The consistence 
was soft, with the absence of any interior cavity; strands and 
divisions of connective tissue might be discovered traversing 
the formation, and partitioning its substance into numerous 
alveoli. The scraped surface yielded a white, opaque liquid. 
Anterior to this tumor, and separated from it, appeared 
another, which came in contact with the middle lumbar pro¬ 
cesses, and which was more deeply situated and surrounded 
by muscular tissue. The character of the interior, as well as 
the genenal morphology, corresponded in toto to the larger 
formation. 
The muscles along .the lower part of the tail were also 
surrounded by masses of tissue showing the same salient 
