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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
GERMAN REVIEW. 
By W. V. Bieser, D. V. S., New York City. 
Cysts in the Rectum. —A horse’s owner consulted author i 
concerning difficult defecation on the animal’s part; other veter¬ 
inarians had told him without making any rectal examination 
at all that matters would right themselves in time. Author | 
promised to visit the animal in a few days, but an attack of 
colic necessitated immedate attention of the author. By rectal 
examination a pear-shaped cyst the size of a hst was found, the 
cause of the difficult defecation. Incision and removal of the 
cyst cured the trouble. These examples of cysts show the need 
of careful manual examination in all diseases of the rectum or 
vagina. Don’t make an examination by eyesight or from symp¬ 
toms, but introduce by all means manual examination.— {Berl. 
Thierdrzt. TVoc/i.) 
Cysts of the Vagina. —A cow had for several months a 
swelling at the lower end of the vagina, rosy red and of the size 
of an apple. At a distance it looked like prolapsus vaginae, and 
was especially noticeable when the cow lay down. But vaginal 
examination elicited the fact that it was a retention cyst accom¬ 
panied by two smaller ones situated just in front of it, all three 
of which were easily removed by the knife.— (Berl. Thierdrzt. 
Woch.) 
PoEYPUS OF THE Rectum. —The author was called to see 
a foal said to have rectal prolaps. Examination showed a 
peduculated swelling the size of an apple which had been ex¬ 
pressed through the anal opening ; the pedicle was attached (as 
shown by manual examination) about '13 cm. inside the anal 
opening. A ligature was placed about the pedicle and by grad¬ 
uated and alternate torsion and traction the pedicle, together 
with a piece of the mucous membrane of the rectum, was re¬ 
moved by the aid of scissors. A quick cure resulted.— (Berl. 
Thierdrzt. Woch.) 
(Esophagotomy in a Cow. —The author found a cow suf¬ 
fering from symptoms of foreign body in the oesophagus. Ef¬ 
forts at removal failed. Having no probang resolved on oesoph- 
agotomy. I would suggest that the foreign body (a large potato 
the size of a fist in this case) be removed as in this case by a 
corkscrew. I recommend this because (ist) the opening in the 
