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of fibro-psammoma.— {Vet. Journal.') [It would be interesting 
to know if this horse had ever exhibited the ordinary manifesta¬ 
tion of difficulty in backing or of immobility, which is frequently 
present with tumors of the ventricles.—A. L.] 
Rupture of the Stomach in the Horse. —Can a horse 
work for several days with the muscular coat of the stomach 
partially ruptured, is the question asked by Mr. W. G. Dixon, 
M. R. C. V. S., in the Vetermary Record^ after relating the case 
of a horse which, after a day of hard and heavy work, went off 
his feed and had slight attacks of colic. These passed off and 
returned for several days and on the ninth day a more severe 
attack occurred, which carried the patient off. At the post¬ 
mortem the stomach was found “ ruptured to the extent of about 
eight inches and to all appearances the muscular coat must 
have been ruptured for several days.” 
Rupture of the Flexor Perforates. —Mr. C. Pierce, in 
the Record.^ tells of the case of a mare which received a kick on 
the back of the os calcis, midway between its point and the head 
of the metatarsus, making a small wound and completely 
severing the tendon of the flexor perforatus. At various times 
portions of the protruding tendon had to be amputated, until in 
all seven and a half inches were cut off, as it was very difficult 
to keep the wound under control. This at last was to a certain 
extent obtained, in preventing the flexion of the hock. “ The 
hip was setoned and the hock-joint blistered.” The hock being 
thus fixed, as it were, the divided extremities of the tendon be¬ 
came adherent to the surrounding parts, and the superficial 
exuberant wound treated according to indications. Recovery 
took four and a half months. 
Amputation of the Penis—Complications — Recov¬ 
ery. —The case of Mr. C. Pierce, M. R. C. V. S., in the Vete¬ 
rinary Recoi^d^ is certainly interesting, as telling of complica¬ 
tions that have occurred after amputation of the penis by the 
process of inferior incision of the urethra with suture of the 
reflected tube to the stump. In this gelding, the author, after 
operating for a case of paraphymosis, had returned his patient 
in good condition after ten days ; he was summoned two weeks 
later to the same animal, which he found in great pain and un¬ 
able to urinate. The animal was cast and a fluctuating swelling 
was found in the sheath—a large abscess, which was freely 
opened. The catheter could not be introduced, and to relieve 
the animal, it was necessary to open the urethra under the anus 
between the two ischial tuberosities. A catheter was passed by 
