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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
and the owner was willing to have anything done to obtain a 
cure. The operation of Prof. Eanzillotti-Buonsanti was sug¬ 
gested and accepted. The animal was cast and properly 
secured. A bandage of Esmarck was applied, and the parts 
strongly disinfected. By an incision made in the centre of the 
tumor the cavity was exposed, and the upper part of the cyst 
excised, not without a great deal of difficulty, on account of the 
thickness of the cellular tissue and the adherence of the cystic 
membrane. The lower part of the cyst was still more difficult 
to dissect, but ultimately it was removed. There was consider¬ 
able annoying haemorrhage, but not serious. The wound was 
thoroughly cleaned, a solution of iodoform in ether was laid 
over, a drainage tube applied and silk sutures closed the incis¬ 
ion. The tube was removed on the seventh day. On account 
of the movements at the hock some stitches gave way. A 
thick blister to immobilize the part was applied and the result 
was a perfect hock, with only a small imperceptible cicatrix.— 
(Clinica Veterinaria .) 
Ulcerated Wound of the Internal Face oe the 
Left Hind Fetlock—Operation—Recovery [By Prof. 
Lanzillotti-Buonsanti ].—This mare interfered much, and as a 
result had first a single wound, then a thickening, and later a 
tumor quite large on the inside of the left hind fetlock with an 
ulceration, round, bleeding easily, and attached to the tumor, 
which is rather puffy and quite loose at its base. Encouraged 
by the results he had already obtained in two similar cases, the 
owner proposed to resort to the extirpation of the growth, 
plastic operation somewhat analogous to that used for extensive 
broken knee. The mare was cast, properly secured and the 
parts well prepared for operation. Two curved incisions were 
started from the upper part of the growth down to nearly the 
middle of the os suffraginis, where they met again, involving 
between themselves an elliptoid part of skin, in the centre of 
which was the ulcer. The edges being dissected, the thick 
mass was made free and removed with care, its deep surface 
resting upon the blood vessels, which were healthy. The in¬ 
cision made had left a space of lost substance measuring 12 
centimeters in length and 3 in width. The wound was cleaned, 
a drainage tube laid in place, and the edges brought together 
with interrupted sutures. The treatment consisted in irriga¬ 
tions through the drain of sublimate solution. The result was 
most satisfactory. Cicatrization was suppurative only in the 
superior third of the solution ; in the lower part it was com- 
