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or the purpose of cleansing and expanding the rectum ; then en- 
ering this organ with a concealed bistoury in hand, an incision 
7as made the whole length of the inferior border of foreign 
;rowth, when it was quite easily separated from the surrounding 
issues with the fingers, until reaching the anterior superior por- 
ion, where it seemed to continue anteriorily in a strong fibrous 
ord, in which we could plainly feel the pulsating of an artery. 
Passing a looped wire around this cord, an assistant applied 
ufficient traction to hold it steady, when the ecraseur was ap- 
ilied and the whole mass removed, which weighed two pounds. 
-Tree days after the operation the colt was doing well. 
The operation of circling the cord with the ecraseur chain 
7as not as easily done as may be supposed, taking us more than 
n hour, as the growth was too large to pass through the loop of 
he chain, making it necessary to put the instrument together 
wholly within the rectum, and to do this with one hand. Since 
he operation I have thought it might have been done easier and 
[nicker by having a strong wire pass through a piece of small 
;as pipe, twisting the wire at outer end by means of a bolt and 
! >incers. 
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FRACTURE OF THE TRACHEA. 
By Geo. L. Warner, D.Y.S. 
I send an account of a very rare and interesting case brought 
o my notice on September 30th, 1886, which I hope you will 
:indly insert in the Review. The particulars of the case are as 
ollows: 
On the above-mentioned date there was brought to the New 
fork Veterinary Hospital a bay mare, twelve years old, for ex- 
mination as to glanders. A slight nasal discharge gave the 
pwner an idea that said disease existed. However, upon careful 
crutiny, I failed to find any such evidence, and certified to that 
ffect. The owner thereupon recited a series of symptoms that 
o me were puzzling, pointing only to some respiratory obstruc- 
ion, inclining slightly to an existing polypus. The symptoms 
uoted were as follows : Upon buying the mare, he placed a boy 
ipon her and directed her to be ridden to the Jersey City ferry. 
