REPORTS OF CASES. 
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in thickness, and covering a surface of 12 to 15 inches, also ex¬ 
tending down the lesser mesentery about eight inches. The 
intestinal tract and all the other internal organs were in a 
healthy condition. 
SUPERNUMERARY TESTICLES. 
By H. H. Newcomb, D.V.S., Derby, Conn. 
The best authors seem to doubt the existence of snpernn- 
inerary testicles, and consider mistaken diagnosis responsible 
for the reports of such cases ; but so confident am I of a correct 
diagnosis in this instance that I have no hesitancy in reporting 
it. 
On June i6th, 1895, I was called to castrate a well-bred 
two-year-old. On examination no sign of scrotal hernia was 
discovered, but quite a difference in the size of the testicles was 
noticeable ; the left being about one and one-half times the size 
of the right. 
The colt was cast and the right testicle removed first. On 
incision of the left side of the scrotum was surprised to find the 
testicle exposed no larger than the first. With a little traction 
the difference in size was made apparent. The spermatic cord 
divided and on the branch was a third testicle. This did not 
differ from the other except in size. It possessed an epididymus 
and as far as the naked eye could discern, had the same structure. 
The ecraseur chain-was passed over the cord above the division 
and both testicles removed. The colt was left in the pasture 
and made a good recovery. 
In May of 1896 received a letter from the owner asking me 
to examine the same colt. Dr. E. H. Morris and myself ex¬ 
amined the animal and found the right side of the scrotum en¬ 
larged and containing what we had no doubt was a testicle, al¬ 
though it seemed firmly adherent to the walls of the scrotum. 
On May 19 we operated and removed another testicle. The 
coverings were inseparable and it was necessary to dissect the 
testicle away from the scrotum. The cord was thickened and 
very tough and after breaking an ecraseur chain the emascnla- 
tor was used to sever it. No evil effects followed the operation. 
RUPTURE OF THE FLEXOR METATARSI. 
By Wm. V. Lusk, Veterinary Surgeon, Second U. S, Cavalry. 
I was called to the stables one afternoon to see a horse sup" 
posed to be suffering with a broken leg. He had been kicking 
at another horse, and the supposition was that he had been 
