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deeply; the fingers introduced in it to explore it, enter the 
thoracic cavity. The animal is killed. At the post-mortem it 
is made evident that the tumor penetrated the walls of the chest 
and invaded the left thoracic cavity, so much so as to displace 
the pulmonary lobes. Section of the tumor shows in its centre 
a quantity of broken down bony debris and lowly organized 
tissue. The heart was enlarged and flabby. Spleen half 
healthy and half oedematous. It is supposed that at some time or 
other the animal had been kicked on the left side, had several 
ribs broken, and that the result was the formation of the tumor. 
—( Vet. Journ .) 
Troublesome Monkey Cured by Oophorectomy [F. 
Hobday , F. R. C. V. S.J —Monkeys have sometimes the privi¬ 
lege of becoming pet animals, and, instead of passing their life 
behind the bars of a cage or only enjoying liberty when tied 
up to a chain, they may, if they know how to behave, have 
greater joys in life ; but, unfortunately, they are liable to many 
objections, and their sense of generation is in some instances 
likely to render them improper and even disgusting for their 
human owners ; thus, they are exposed to operations which 
have for object to change their nature, their desires, their ideas, 
perhaps. The author records the case of a large female, be¬ 
tween three and four years old, which had become indecent in 
her behavior, and even vicious, with attempts to bite. She had 
been in heat for several months, her external genitals became 
much enlaiged and a quantity of slimy fluid was escaping. 
With all antiseptic cares while chloroformed she was operated 
upon and both ovaries removed. The wound was carefully 
sutured, dried and covered with iodoform collodion. Recovery 
was perfect; and the animal became much more friendly than 
she had ever been.— {Vet. Journ.') 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Bovine Obstetrics. By M. G. DeBruin, Instructor of Obstetrics at the State Veterin¬ 
ary School in Utrecht. Translated by W. E. A. Wyman, M.D.V., V.S., Milwau¬ 
kee, Wis. New York : W. R. Jenkins, 851 Sixth Ave. 
The well-known veterinary publishing house of Jenkins is 
assuredly doing its part toward building up English veterinary 
literature, as every little while there is turned out by its presses 
some work of an American author or translator, without which 
enterprise there would have been lost to us very many impor¬ 
tant works which now are thumb-worn from frequent reference. 
