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chest, and there was little muscular effort. The contents of the 
stomach were ejected entirely through the nostrils and consisted 
of a yellow fluid with semi-digested food, smelling strongly of 
fermented maize. The treatment adopted was the administra¬ 
tion of aloes and strychnia. The pains subsided in a short 
time. After a couple of days the bowels moved and recovery 
was complete.—( Vet. Journ .) 
A Prostatic Tumor [/. H. Carter ].—A diseased condi¬ 
tion of the prostate is not always easy to be made out, and the 
diagnosis may be rendered difficult, especially by the fact if la¬ 
dies are the owners, and delicate questions cannot be asked. 
Such was undoubtedly the case in the setter which the author 
was called to treat, and in which he first made a diagnosis of 
balanitis. The animal was placed under treatment and for a 
while seemed to improve. But after a while he grew worse. 
He was in fair condition bodily and to all external appearances 
in good health. On micturation, he had copious discharge of 
thick pus, probably some four ounces in quantity, followed by 
normal urine. At other times the urine would be discharged 
first, followed by the pus ; or, again, the pus would be streaked 
with blood. The animal remained under "treatment for a month 
without result, and returned to the owner. Four months after 
he was brought back to Mr. J. H. C. to be destroyed. At the 
post-mortem, on opening the abdominal cavity, a large growth 
was found, of the size of a fair-sized pineapple, which was at¬ 
tached to and communicating with the prostate gland at the 
neck of the bladder. Section of the growth revealed a great 
number of cysts filled with pus.—( Vet. Journ .) 
A Thoracic Tumor [/. H. Carter ].—A black St. Ber¬ 
nard dog, some six months ago, showed a swelling on the left 
side of the chest, which gradually increased in size, until it had 
reached that of a child’s head, when he was brought to the au¬ 
thor for treatment. Stimulating liniment externally and iodides 
internally failed to bring relief, and the last request of the 
owner was to kill or cure him. The tumor seemed to have 
reached its extreme growth. Explored with puncturing needle, 
instead of pus, a dirty brown grumous material escaped, and a 
free incision to introduce the finger has, for result, only to ob¬ 
tain the sensation of a hard, gritty substance, resembling bony 
spiculse. Extirpation is decided upon. The dog well prepared 
and chloroformed, a bold incision is made, the skin dissected, 
but the're the operation has to stop, as all attempts to isolate it 
from its attachments are impossible, the growth extending too 
