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mass of tuberculous degeneration,—which involved the os suffra- 
ginis entirely, a part of the second pastern, the sesarnoids and 
extended into the lower part of the metacarpal. The examina^ 
tion of the structure under the microscope revealed the presence 
of the bacillus of Koch. 
A second specimen was no less interesting. A cow pre-^ 
sented over the whole surface of the body a number of tumors— 
hard, varying in size from that of a nut to that of an egg. 
Tested with tuberculine, she reacted, and at the post-mortem no¬ 
internal lesions could be found ; yet the animal was evidently 
diseased. The cutaneous tumors which formed the only detect-^ 
able lesions were all of a tuberculous nature. On section they 
would present all the characters of tuberculous degeneration in 
various degrees, in which the bacillus of the disease was also 
readily detected. 
For the third case the animal also presented internal lesions 
of tuberculosis, and, besides, had at the base of the tongue a tu^ 
mor the size of a hazel nut. This, however, was not of a tuber¬ 
culous nature, but of actinomycosis. How fortunate it was 
that the lesions of tuberculosis had also been found, as, had they 
been of difficult recognition, as they are sometimes, the value of 
tuberculine for delicate diagnosis of tuberculosis would have 
been attacked by some unbelievers who undoubtedly would 
have said : “ How can you believe that it is a reagent for tuber¬ 
culosis, when it produces elevation of temperature also with 
actinomycosis ? ” 
As to the question of the possible curability of glanders by 
malleine, the question seems yet a subject of great interest 
among veterinarians on the continent. A. L. 
Easy Urinary Analysis. —In the article on Azoturia,”* 
by the late Dr. John R. Hart, published elsewhere in this issue^ 
will be found a very condensed and comprehensive series of 
simple analyses to detect alterations in the composition of the 
renal secretion, especially useful for veterinarians in their every¬ 
day practice. 
