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where he was, thus explaining the origin of all the trouble.— 
[Vet. Record .) 
Three Cases of CEsophagotomy in Dogs and Cats 
[£. Mayall].—Case i .—A fox terrier dog is suspected to have 
a bone in his throat, as he has great dribbling of saliva and 
makes frequent efforts to swallow. Nothing was found in the 
mouth, or pharynx, but on feeling along the neck, a hard sub¬ 
stance is felt along the oesophagus, half way between the 
pharynx and the entrance of the chest. With permission of 
the owner the dog was operated. u On cutting through the 
skin, the jugular was exposed and pushed aside, when by the 
pressure on the opposite side of the throat the spike of a piece 
of bone was brought into view.” Leaving the oesophagus in 
place as much as possible, it was incised and a triangular piece 
of bone removed, measuring two inches in length. It seems as 
a splinter off the shaft of a leg of mutton bone. The oesophagus 
was sutured with catgut and the external wound with silk. In 
two weeks the dog was discharged cured. Case 2 .—A cat was 
supposed to have a fish bone in the throat. The position of the 
foreign body being made out by the cat wincing and evincing 
pain on pressure, the animal was chloroformed and an incision 
made on the spot where the bone was. There was a great deal 
of haemorrhage. The bone broke while being giasped and 
only half of it was removed, the other being swallowed by the 
cat. The oesophagus only was sutured, the external wound left 
open. The animal was kept for a while on liquid food and 
made a perfect recovery. Case j .—In this case no interference 
on the oesophagus was necessary as the foreign body made its 
appearance through the abdominal walls, whence it was pulled 
out.— {Journ. of Comp. Pathol, and Therapeutics.) 
Aneurism in the Dog [C. A. Powell ].—A great dane, 
seven months old, was attended by the author for an attack of 
mange, from which he recovered. He also had tape-worms. 
Some six weeks later he was in very satisfactory condition, but 
began to fall away in condition. The visible mucous mem¬ 
branes were very pale, the temperature normal, the pulse regu¬ 
lar but weak. General tonic treatment was prescribed, but no 
benefit was derived from it. He then grew rapidly worse, re¬ 
fused all food, and showed pain on pressure over the region of 
the left kidney ; on that spot a swelling was detected. The dog 
died after a few days. At the post-mortem there was found an 
aneurism of the posterior aorta, close to the left kidney. It was 
as large as the two closed fists and had ruptured, leaving a quan- 
