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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
brought before Prof. N. Lanzilotti-Buonsanti an animal which 
had been sold as being affected with an internal abscess. Itwas 
evident that his trouble had lasted for some long time, as he was 
considerably emaciated, the visible mucous membranes were pale, 
his coat staring, pulse frequent, soft and weak, respiration fre¬ 
quent, features contracted, temperature 39. 5° C. As the symp¬ 
toms indicated trouble within the pelvic cavity, rectal ex amina 
tion was made, not without difficulty and pain to the animal; 
it revealed on the inferior wall of the rectum a large mass, very 
painful, of the size of a young boy’s head, which almost closed 
the rectal cavity. In front of that the faeces were packed hard- 
and dried, and were removed with difficulty. In that part of 
the rectum the mucous membrane was much inflamed, and cov¬ 
ered with a semi-fluid mixture of mucous, fibrine and pus. The 
rectum emptied, it was thoroughly washed with sublimate solu¬ 
tion, a small puncture made in the part of the abscess nearest 
to the anus, about one and a half litres of pus were extracted, 
which, though of good aspect, had a marked necrotic odor. 
The puncture was made large enough to receive a drainage tube 
made with a catheter introduced in the cavity and held in posi¬ 
tion with a stitch or suture. The abscess was thoroughly 
washed with antiseptic solution. After a few days, in exploring 
the parts, two necrotic masses were detected and removed, re¬ 
sulting from mortification of portions of the muscular coat of 
the rectum. From this moment the cavity of the abscess rap¬ 
idly diminished in size, the condition of the animal improved ; 
his recovery took place in fourteen days from the date he was 
operated upon .—{Clinica Veterinaria.'). 
Voluminous Connectivoma in a Dog. —A setter had 
received some five months before a heavy bruise on the middle 
of the rump and now presented a tumor the size of a child’s 
head, neither hot nor cold, rather puffy to the touch, not very 
movable on account of the base, which was large and seemed to 
depend from the connective tissue underneath. After an injec¬ 
tion of a solution of muriate of morphia, two curved incisions 
were made, involving the base of the tumor, meeting together 
at their extremities, and circumscribing an elliptic piece of skin, 
which was left adhered to the neoplasm. The tumor was dis¬ 
sected and removed with comparatively small haemorrhage. 
Drainage was applied and the edges of the skin brought together 
and the wound protected by antiseptic supporting bandage. 
Irrigations of solutions of sublimate were applied frequently, 
and cicatrization took place by first intention. The tumor 
