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[By J. McKerlie , M. R. C. V. S.]. —A horse, belonging to a 
miller, showed colicy symptoms, which were relieved by ordi¬ 
nary treatment. The pains had then lasted some four days, and 
during that time nothing passed per rectum. At the end of 
that time the bowels would act, the appetite improve, and 
everything went on well for a month or two. Then the trouble 
would return. The pains being at times very violent; at others 
they only made the horse uneasy. His favorite position, when 
suffering slightly, was to stand stretched to his utmost, with 
his chin resting on the wall in front of him, as far back as he 
could reach. When down he got on his back, and seemed easy 
in that position. Very often the bowels did not act for a week 
and often the pulse would run down and be quite impercepti¬ 
ble. At last, he was found one morning dead in his stall. At 
the post-mortem was found a rupture about two feet long in the 
large colon. The bowel was very thin. Floating in the cavity 
there were found two calculi, which had escaped through the 
rupture. They weighed together about 16 pounds. Tots of 
smaller ones were also detected, which collectively weighed io 
pounds.—( Journ . of Comp. Path, and Therapy 
Recurrent Fibroid Tumors in a Bitch [By The Doctor 
Sahib]. —Under this heading the author records the case of a 
three-vear-old bitch, which for some three weeks had become a 
nuisance in the house owing to constant dripping of urine. When 
examined, the vagina and inner sides of the labise were found af¬ 
fected with a profuse growth of tumor, firm in consistency and 
somewhat of cauliflower appearance. These were extracted and 
after local treatment she was discharged cured in fourteen days. 
Eleven months after the dog was returned to the doctor for a 
tumor outside the left thigh, subcutaneous, adherent to the 
structures underneath, and about as big as a small orange. Ob¬ 
served some four months previous, it had gradually increased, 
and for a week had given rise to evident lameness. The tumor 
was extracted, as well as some of the surrounding tissues, mus¬ 
cles, blood vessels, etc., and the animal once more recovered. 
Five months later she died from dystokia. Post-mortem showed 
no tumors in the region of the wound, no tumor on the thigh.— 
( Veterin . Record .) 
Ruptured Buadder in a Pig [By Wm. Collinson ].—A 
pig is suspected to have broken its back. A few days previous 
he had a fit and other pigs in that same stye had been routing 
it about. When he wants to move he cannot use his hind legs. 
Put in a stye by himself he seems to mend in condition and eats 
