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of the Milan School under Prof. Lanzillotti-Bnonsanti offer al¬ 
ways something interesting, if we can judge by the records which 
are found in the Clmica P'etermai^m. Here is one : A horse 
was brought to that clinic with a tumor existing for some time 
and little by little increasing ; it was attributed to the blows of 
the spur of the one riding him. This growth, corresponding to 
the eleventh and twelfth left ribs, was the size of an orange, not 
very warm, slightly painful, hard, subciitaneous and not adher¬ 
ent by its base. The skin that covered it was sound and free. 
It was a fibroma, which must be removed. The horse was cast, 
the skin shaved and thoroughly disinfected, an incision (i8 cen¬ 
timetres) made, the cutaneous flaps dissected, the tumor easily 
enucleated. Some little of the skin had to be excised to per¬ 
mit correct cicatrization. Stitches and drainage tubes were ap¬ 
plied. Recovery took place in twelve days by first intention. 
The microscopic examination confirmed the diagnosis—a fi¬ 
broma with limited calcareous infiltration. 
Fungoid Growth^ of Enormous Dimensions on Both 
Spermatic Cords of a Horse. —This is another from the 
Milan Clinic : A four-and-a-half-year-old, of low breed, was un¬ 
able to work because of its condition. On the rieht as well as 
on the left scrotal region there was a very large swelling, with 
an ulceration on its centre, which permitted the introduction of 
the probe, several centimetres in depth. These tumors were 
about the size of a child’s head each. The scrotum was infil¬ 
trated and adherent, the prepuce was oedematous. To be operated 
upon the horse was cast, put in dorsal position. Degive’s method. 
After thorough disinfection, the right tumor was first operated 
upon. Dissected and isolated from the skin with the bistoury, 
the blunt ends of the scissors, the fingers, the healthy extremity 
of the cord was easily secured, with a strong ligature, as the tu¬ 
mor was entirely extra-inguinal. It was excised. The edges of 
the skin brought together and a drain tube put in place. Sim¬ 
ilar operation was made on the opposite side. Abundant irriga¬ 
tions of sublimate solution in the wound, on the skin and sprays 
of ethereal solution of iodoform. In eight days the drain-tubes 
were removed. Cicatrization by first intention was complete in 
eight days on the left side. On the right there remained but 
two little cutaneous sores on the edges of the wound. In thirty 
days recovery was complete. The two masses were of sarcoma¬ 
tous nature, the presence of the discomyces eqid could not be 
detected. 
Rays in X and Experimental Tuberculosis. —Doctors 
