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another clot of a faint red line extended upward from the purple to 
within about an inch of the top of the fluid; this last clot was 
cylindrical in shape and surrounded on all sides by the liquid 
serum. 
Not being satisfied with the results obtained from the first ex- 
animation, measures were taken for a more complete and careful 
comparison of the vital fluid. With this in view, a small quantity 
was taken to Dr. T. M. Prudden, “ Director of the Pathological 
Laboratory of the Alumni Association of the College of Physi¬ 
cians and Surgeons,” and on June 12th the following letter was 
received from that gentleman: “I have made 120 counts of the 
blood, and the average result is 1 white blood cell to 265 red.” 
The animal had at this time been here a little over two weeks; 
the swellings had been gradually increasing during the time; slow 
it is true, but still enough to convince the observer that they were 
developing both in size and numbers, as several were noticed now 
that did not exist when she was first admitted. The large one 
referred to as being on the right side, seemed hot to the touch, 
and when on the 13th the animal was destroyed for a post-mortem 
examination, the temperature of this one was taken by making an 
incision through its thickness and inserting a thermometer, which 
registered 1011°, or 1!° higher than her bodily temperature had 
been since she had been under observation. This tumor when 
enucleated weighed four pounds, measured two feet in circumfer¬ 
ence, and was four inches thick. The other large one when taken 
out weighed three and one-lialf pounds, measured the same in cir¬ 
cumference as the first one, and was three and one-half inches in 
thickness. 
The septum nasi was also the seat of two of these growths; 
one located well forward near the entrance to the nasal cavities, 
the other farther back, directly in the middle of the septum, pro¬ 
jecting on either side of it to quite a distance, which readily ex¬ 
plained the cause of roaring that was so marked during life. It 
was also hoped on post-mortem to be able to still further confirm 
the diagnosis that had been made previous to the examination of 
the blood by some important lesions of certain of the external 
organs, but after a most diligent search no pathological changes 
