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posed to be due to overwork. He was turned out for a month, 
during which time he had one or two slight attacks of colic, 
and after six weeks was returned to light work in a much im¬ 
proved condition. After a short time, however, he began to 
lose flesh again, and as his condition seemed to grow rapidly 
worse, he was destroyed. On making a post-mortem a large 
mass was found surrounding both kidneys and firmly adhering 
to the back and to the ribs. The whole mass was carefully re¬ 
moved with both kidneys intact, and when placed on the scales 
was found to weigh one hundred and twenty-five pounds. The 
mass was formed of solid, firm tissue, which was of the nature 
of round-celled sarcoma with the microscope made by Prof. 
McFadyean. This was evidently a unique case and a unique 
weight for a sarcomatous growth to attain and give rise to so 
little disturbance beyond the wasting of the body referred to.— 
{Vet. Record.') 
ITALIAN REVIEW. 
By Prof A. Liautakd, M. D., V. M. 
Suppuration in the Guttural Pouches, with Ulcer¬ 
ation of the Membrana Tympani [By Dr. Durante 
Luca \.—This case is undoubtedly very unusual, it relates to 
a horse which was brought to the clinics of the Veterinary 
School of Pisa, and which presented all the symptoms of sup¬ 
purative collection in one of the guttural pouches, that of the 
right side. There was a swelling in the parotid region accom¬ 
panied with muco-purulent discharge from the nostrils, but 
more from the right. When the animal would carry his head 
low down the discharge would increase, and become more 
grumelous. And, besides this, it also offered the peculiarity 
that the discharge would then also appear running from the 
right ear; and on that account the skin was more or less soiled 
with dry crusts of suppuration. A simple treatment of anti¬ 
septic irrigations was prescribed, and after a certain time it was 
found that the trouble of the ear had entirely disappeared, 
while that of the guttural pouch remained about the same. 
Surgical interference was decided upon. At first it was 
tried to wash the pouch by pushing fluid through the catheter 
of Gunther, but as this did not work, hyovertebrotomy (cisti- 
gutturotomy) was performed as follows : By an incision super¬ 
iorly and inferior in the centre of the triangle of Viborg. A 
