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material of a brownish hue. Upon the knife blade there re¬ 
mained a sebaceous deposit containing minute granules ; the 
latter character could be affirmed to cover the entire cut sur¬ 
face of the tumor itself. From a more minute examination— 
microscopic—we were greatly surprised to observe the pres¬ 
ence of the actinomyces, which, when the other constituent 
material of the tumor is remembered, we might classify as a 
actinomyco-lipoma, or actinomyco-stratoma. 
Fat cells were closely adherent one with another under 
the microscope, and the individual actinomyces could be seen 
dispersed among them, and to apparently anastomose with 
each other, so intimately were they arranged. 
By scraping the cut surface and placing the liquid upon 
the object-glass, great numbers of the club-shaped threads, as 
well as quantities of the species itself, were brought to view. 
To differentiate between the affection in the horse and cow, it 
may be stated that the radiating ends possessed by the acti¬ 
nomyces equi partake less of the characteristic club-shape 
than the actinomyces bovi. 
Regarding the etiology and genesis of the disease, the 
owner affects to have noticed a slight abrasion or scratch 
upon the skin at this point some time antedating the appear¬ 
ance of the tumor. The brown spot upon the otherwise uni¬ 
formly yellowish mass may be accounted for in this way. 
Undoubtedly a much longer time than that given by the 
owner—six weeks—was required for the development of the 
swelling. 
After removing some of the fibrous capsules and syringing 
the cavity with a creolin solution, the same was closed except 
at the inferior commissure, at which point a drainage was 
established.— B. Th. Woch. 
REMARKABLE INTESTINAL RUPTURE. 
On the morning of March 29th, a mare fifteen years of 
age, which the owner had reared from a filly, had shown the 
first signs of illness in her existence. The animal had lost the 
usual good appetite, manifested pain in the abdominal region, 
