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ritis, hence no scratching; there are nninerons pustules filled 
with pnrnlent material, which burst and leave red crusts ; there 
is emitted from the body of the animal a very strong, offensive 
mousy odor. Examinations of the fluid of the pustule with a 
low power is sufficient to detect the presence of the acarns. The 
treatment is important, as animals commonly die from it with 
marasmus. Tar and sulphur preparations with oil are useful— 
solution of Peruvian balsam in alcohol is preferable to an oint¬ 
ment of the same—liberal diet and tonics internally are also in¬ 
dicated. 
Uterine PTbrous' Tumor. —Extracted from clinical notes 
of the Royal Veterinary College of London.—Prof. J. Pen- 
berthy records the case of an aged collie bitch which was ad¬ 
mitted to the infirmary, the owner complaining of the swollen 
state of her abdomen. This condition was observed some six 
weeks previous, and was gradually increasing. As the animal 
had been in heat several weeks before it was supposed she was 
pregnant and her foetus dead. The abdomen large, pendulous 
and resembles that of a pregnant bitch ; a large hard tumor is 
felt in the position of a uterus, which, perhaps, too smooth to 
be that organ, has still a certain irregularity, justifying the idea 
of the presence of pups. General health is good, except diffi- 
cnltv in walking. At one time there was some discharge from 
the uterus. No signs of ascites. The animal, after much hesi¬ 
tancy on the part of the owner, was destroyed, and the post-mor¬ 
tem revealed a hard, dense tumor, weighing 19)^ lbs., occupying 
the whole of the cavity of the uterus. On section the growth 
was pinkish-white and proved to be, on microscopical examina¬ 
tion, an oedematous fibroma.— {Jour. Comp. Path, and Therap.) 
Tumor in the Brain of a Dog. —The rarity of neoplasms 
in the brain of dogs is well known, and very great in com¬ 
parison with those that are met with in horses. On that ac¬ 
count the record in the Jour. Comp. Path, and Therapeutics by 
Prof. J. Penberthy is of nnnsnal interest. The symptoms are 
described by the author as follows : “ On being examined be¬ 
fore admission, emaciation was well marked, the temperature 
normal, pulse slow but regular ; the animal, though apparently 
capable of every movement, walked listlessly and with evidence 
of great debility. There was a strange, dull facial expression 
and the pupils were dilated. In the kennel, the sitting posture 
was generally assumed, the head and nose being directed to the 
right. x\s far as could be judged, the animal could see only 
fairly well, but the hearing was more evidently impaired, and 
