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SPINDLE-CELLED SARCOMA. 
“ Dyer’s Vesicant.” 
FIRING DONE AWAY WITH. 
“ Sharavogue, Roscrea, October 4tb, 1877. 
" Dear Sir, —Please send me half-a-dozen more bottles of 
your Vesicant. I find it very useful in coughs and colds.— 
Yours, &c., 
“HUNTINGDON.” 
D. B. Franks, R.M., Esq., Gort Colonel Bushe, P. Coffey, 
and J. Kelly, Esqrs.; Captains Hugo and Benthall; Messrs. 
Lalor and Stewart, and scores of others, declare this to be the 
best thing yet known for CURBS, SPLENTS, SPAVINS, 
and other diseases requiring blistering; never blemishes, and 
horses may continue work. Worth from a pound to five 
pounds in some cases. Ample directions on the bottles. Price 
5s., or 5s. 3d. free per post, in stamps or P.O.O. 
To be had of W. Sterling, Pharmaceutical Hall, Kilkenny; 
Laird and Co., and R. H. Dyer, M.R.C.V.S., Limerick. 
Sold by M‘Master and Co., Abbey-street, Dublin, Sole Agents. 
SPINDLE-CELLED SARCOMA BLOCKING THE 
INTESTINES. 
By John Cuthbert, E.R.C.V.S., Leeds. 
I have to day, January 4th, forwarded you per rail a 
tumour such as I never met with before. I think it may 
be of interest to you and to the readers of the Veterinarian . 
It was situated in the double colon, and produced almost 
perfect occlusion of that intestine. 
The subject was an aged cart horse which had been suffer¬ 
ing from obstruction of the bowels for twelve days. On 
January 3rd a sudden change took place, and death ensued 
in a few hours, the result of rupture of the colon. 
Report on the Specimen by Professor Axe. 
The growth referred to was connected with the intestinal 
wall by a short peduncle, and had its origin in the sub-mucous 
tissue. It was rounded in form and exhibited a dark, rough, 
hard, and more or less nodulated surface. In transverse 
diameter it measured six inches. It was soft in consistence, 
and on section exhibited a pinkish-red hue. Scattered through 
it were a number of cysts, varying in size from that of a 
