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They were not pedunculated, but elastic without softness ; they 
were not painful. Other tumors existed, formed by the super¬ 
ficial lymphatic glands, the parotidians, subglossals, retropharyn¬ 
geal, prescapular, precrural, and supramammary. Rectal ex¬ 
ploration revealed their presence in the sublumbar glands. 
Microscopic examination of one of the tumors revealed its na¬ 
ture—that of lymphadenoma. The post-mortem confirmed also 
the diagnosis. In both of the animals the spleen and Pyers’ 
patches were free from hypertrophy.— [Ann. de Bruxelles.') 
Symmetrical and Enigmatical Cold Abscess in a 
Cow [A. Lienaux ].—These two adjectives are applied because 
of the similar form and aspect of the swellings which occurred, 
and also because no cause for the development of the morbid 
process could be found. A young cow, without apparent sick¬ 
ness, one day had the outside of both thighs swollen. These 
slowly enlarged, and three months later they were perfectly sym¬ 
metrical, beginning immediately above the stifles ; greatest size 
about the superior region of the thigh, and gradually diminish¬ 
ing to the external border of the croup. From forward back¬ 
ward each swelling covers the horizontal surface of the thigh. 
It is uniformly rounded, the skin excessively stretched over it; 
the cellular tissue under it is normal and free from infiltration 
or induration. The consistency of the deep structures is irreg¬ 
ular—here hard, and there with imperfect indication of fluctu¬ 
ation. Any movement is painless, no lameness, and perfect 
locomotion. What is the true nature of the trouble is difficult 
to make out. The animal is killed. At the autopsy three or 
four abscesses are found between the deep face of the superficial 
gluteus and facia lata and that of the triceps cruralis. Those 
abscesses form isolated pouches, about as big as a child’s head, 
containing io litres of pus. Their walls are fibrous, not thick, 
smooth. The pus is white, thick, and under the microscope 
contains staphylococci. There is no change in the cellular 
tissue which unite the various abscesses.— [Ann. de Bruxelles.) 
Post-Mortem of a Tuberculous Horse—Specific Le¬ 
sions of the Muscles and Subcutaneous Cellular Tis¬ 
sue [M. Fally \.—The animal had been condemned for an 
incurable affection of the sheath, and killed for the butchery, 
when he was condemned as tuberculous and seized. The fol¬ 
lowing is a brief account of the lesions : General appearance of 
the meat fair ; numerous whitish granulations on the pleura, 
where they appear translucid. In passing the fingers alongside 
the ribs a great number of these granulations can be felt, 
