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no justifiable form of treatment to prescribe. At the post-mor¬ 
tem a lymphosarcoma was found ; it weighed 15 kilogs, occupied 
the anterior mediastine, the entrance of the chest, and the 
trachea as far as the middle of the neck. The lower insertions 
of the pretrachial muscles were involved in the diseased process,, 
and in its upper part the tumor was hollowed by a longitudinal 
groove surrounded the trachea, sesophagus, carotids, etc. With 
the naked eye, the tumor was of a yellowish white, haemorrhagic 
here and there, softer than external manipulation supposed it to 
be ; it had the aspect of an encephaloid sarcoma. The pressure 
it made upon the carotid was such that the calibre of the right 
vessel was reduced by half. Histological examination confirmed 
the diagnosis.— {Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Radical Treatment of Umbilical and Ventral Her¬ 
nias IN Animals \By P. Cordelier ^.—After passing in review 
the various forms of treatment recommended for these affec¬ 
tions, the author considering the advantages offered by anti¬ 
septic measures in all cases of surgical interference for abdomi¬ 
nal diseases, describes a form of treatment with which he has 
already obtained a number of successes, which consists in the 
application of antiseptic precautions in connection with the 
opening of the hernial sac, the dissection of its walls, the re¬ 
duction of the protruding organ, and the obliteration of the 
hernial opening with ligatures of catgut passed through the 
edges of the orifice, and supported by the sewing of the skin 
either with hairs of Florence or pin sutures. The whole being 
completed by an antiseptic dressing of iodoform or salol with 
iodoformed gauze or sterilized cotton, held in place by several 
turns of wide rollers round the body of the animal, this dress¬ 
ing being left in place for several days and removed after com¬ 
plete recovery, generally occurring in about two weeks.— (yRec. 
de Med. Vet.) [This form of treatment is quite familiar to 
American veterinarians and in common use for umbilical 
hernias of dogs.— Edit.] 
ENGLISH REVIEW. 
Scrotal Hernia in Foals [^By Mr. E. P. Edzvards^ M.R. 
C.V.S.]—This trouble was met by the author five times in foals, 
from one to three days old, which were characterized by the same 
symptoms, viz. : a swelling in the region of the groin, varying in 
size, the largest met with being an irregular, soft and easily re- 
