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although they cannot be seen. The lungs were filled with 
miliary tubercles. The auricles were cretified. The lymphatic 
glands of the thorax and abdomen were full of tuberculous le¬ 
sions. There were tubercles in the liver, in the spleen ; nothing 
to the naked eye in the kidneys. Then, finally, tubercles as 
big as a millet-seed were in the subcutaneous connective tissue, 
specially in the regions of the chest, of the ribs, shoulders, and 
loins. The muscles underneath this diseased connective tissue 
were also tuberculous, especially the pectoral muscles. * * * 
The history of the foregoing subject previous to its being killed 
is interesting. Some time before he had been presented to Mr. 
Lienaux, who had found him with a large swelling of the 
sheath, producing a complete phymosis, which was supposed to 
be an indurated oedema of the sheath, which it was decided 
was to be operated upon by amputation. The animal had been 
castrated, having healed well and regular. By the operation— 
removal of the cylindrical part of the sheath—this organ had 
about resumed a regular aspect, and it was supposed that after 
healing the animal would be useful. At first everything seemed 
satisfactory, but after a while the tumor of the sheath returned 
larger than before, and as successful treatment was out of the 
question, the horse was killed, with the result above described. 
Now came the question, was this tumor of the sheath tubercu¬ 
lous ? It seems not, as careful examination of the sheath 
showed that the animal had typical funiculitis on both sides 
(scirrhus cords), distinct from the cutaneous cicatrix by schler- 
ous tissue ; there were in them abscesses of all sizes, containing 
botryomyces, without tuberculous bacilli, says Mr. Lienaux. 
At any rate, it is interesting to note the presence of the funi¬ 
culitis without fistula. The presence of the two different bacilli 
is, of course, purely accidental.— (Ann. de Bruxelles.) 
Fractures of'the Vertebral Column [Pro/. Hendrickx .'] 
—The author records four cases of fractures, which all pre¬ 
sented this important peculiarity that, although the lesion was 
very serious, the animals were able to travel quite a long dis¬ 
tance, and one of them worked for several days. Case No. I .—A 
horse, partly anaesthetized, is cast, secured, and fired along the 
tendon. He struggles severely towards the end of the opera¬ 
tion. Released, he got up with some difficulty, moved stiff- 
with back somewhat arched. He walked away for fifteen min, 
utes, stumbled, and dropped to rise no more. At autopsy a 
fracture of the body of the second lumber is found. Case No. 
II .—A four-year-old is thrown and castrated without anything 
