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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
THE MONTREAL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIA¬ 
TION. 
The regular meeting of the association was held in the Li¬ 
brary of the College, Dec. ist, the Vice-President, Dr. Baker, 
occupying the chair. 
After the minutes of the‘last meeting had been read, Mr. 
Hammond reported the following case : 
The subject, a red cocker spaniel, was brought to Mr. Ham¬ 
mond suffering great pain and with a history of having lost 
weight rapidly. Examination revealed the presence of a mova¬ 
ble tumor, which at times rested between the jaws and at others 
lay upon the trachea, causing extreme dyspnoea on the slightest 
exertion. Mr. Hammond tried painting the part with the 
tincture of iodine, persisting in this treatment for a couple of 
days, but as the animal became worse an operation was sug¬ 
gested, to which the owner readily consented. The field of 
operation being denuded of hair, was washed with soap and 
water, and then with a i-ioo formaline solution. An anaes¬ 
thetic having been given, an incision two inches long was made 
over the swelling, which entered a large suppurating mass, and 
in cutting further two more growths were encountered which 
bled profusely, demanding the use of forceps for its control. 
The third portion of the tumor wound round the carotid artery. 
After removing the growths the wound was washed with a 
1-20 carbolic solution, then closed with catgut sutures, and 
dressed with lint saturated with collodion, in which iodoform 
had been dissolved, the whole being covered with a bandage. 
Five days after the operation the stitches were removed and the 
animal sent home in good health, free from pain and inconven¬ 
iences of any kind. Examination of the tumor showed it to 
be of a fibrous nature, with a few cysts, in which were found pus 
and blood clots. 
After some discussion on this case the following letter was 
read from Mr. Henderson, and the lower jaw of a five-year-old 
ewe was exhibited which had been sent to him with this letter: 
Mr. President and Gentlemeri : 
The case I bring before your notice this evening is one, I think, 
that is very rarely met with in an ordinary every-day practice and 
one which I think should merit discussion, although there is no clever 
diagnosis or even remarkable cure connected with it. The subject 
is a five-year-old ewe which had been in poor health for some time 
and had undergone treatment, which was in no way beneficial. The 
owner being of a sympathetic nature decided to destroy the animal 
and examine the lower jaw, which was very much'swollen. On ex- 
