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prepared for an operation, the first of its kind and directly 
contrary to the accepted teachings of the veterinary cult. The 
horse, a big bay, whose weight had been terribly reduced by 
sickness, was barely able to stand up in the operating room. 
Dr. Switzer and his assistants prepared the animal for the 
ordeal by copious injections of eucaine. After making an inci¬ 
sion in the side at the spot where the trouble had been located 
with the subtlety of human surgery, the 13th rib was bared 
and a section of about six inches in length was sawed out. Ex¬ 
tending the opening until it was about four inches square it 
was possible to directly work upon the diseased lung. In the 
meantime an entrance had been made through the horse’s 
throat to the trachea, where an irritant solution was passed into 
the lungs, effecting the work of clearing the foreign matter 
from the organ and facilitating suppuration. At the line of de- 
markation dividing the healthy portion of the lung from the 
part where disease had fostered the knife was quickly brought 
into play and while the horse, though conscious, suffered not 
even a twinge of pain, the diseased lung was entirely removed 
and the cavity cleared of the corruption. The operation took 
place three weeks ago and the horse immediately began to mend, 
getting restive if his modicum of oats and hay were not promptly 
served and exhibiting no ill effects from the remarkable opera¬ 
tion. Day by day the interior of the animal has been carefully 
washed and the wound closed gradually by natural granulation, 
until now there is an opening in perfect process of healing 
scarcely more than an inch in diameter where the doctor had 
been able to pass in his hands freely. Every day the horse is 
taken out into the open for a little canter, and he cavorts and 
tugs at his halter like an unbroken colt. It is certainly a re¬ 
markable case of veterinary surgery and will command wide¬ 
spread attention in the ranks of the vets. The spectacle of a 
horse’s lungs in operation through a convenient opening in his 
side is a little gruesome, but in a short time the wound will be 
perfectly healed with nothing to indicate that the horse is not 
all there.” 
Heavy Fine for Exposing Geanders. —Dr. William J. 
Finn, a veterinary surgeon at 285 Jay street, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
was fined $250 yesterday in the Court of Special Sessions for 
cruelty to animals. The charge was brought by the Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The charge on 
which the surgeon was convicted was that he had allowed a 
horse suffering with glanders and farcy to be led through the 
