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DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
The cow had been served by a bull at least ten times without re¬ 
sults. The clitoris was indurated, mammillated and contained 
three or four fibrous nodules; the mucous membrane was rosy, 
normal and the secretions abundant. With the aid of a pair of 
scissors and forceps, the clitoris was excised almost without 
haemorrhage. Cicatrization was completed in a few days, and 
the animal became quiet. Two months later, the cow was 
u taken to the bull ” and became pregnant.—( Bulletin Veter - 
in a ire. ) — (E. Mi) 
A Case of Intestinal Obstruction from Neoplasia (Reported 
by MM. Brisavoine and Lagneau.) (Recneil d'Alfort ,, Sept. 
I 5'> I 9°°)' —A young horse which had for along time presented 
symptoms of digestive trouble that occurred principally after 
meals, was unfortunately treated with the object of maintain¬ 
ing and restoring the depleted system, which resulted from its 
ailment, by regulating the regimen (laxatives, alkalies, muci¬ 
lages), and finally died. The autopsy revealed a rupture 
which was about 20 or 25 cm. in length, in the greater curva- 
ture of the stomach. About 40 cm. from the pylorus a tumor 
was found which surrounded the intestine like a muff ; the 
diameter of the intestine was greatly reduced, and at the part 
involved it was almost strangulated. This condition was 
caused by a hyperplasia of the muscular coat. It is to this par¬ 
ticular condition to which ought to have been attributed the 
cause of the trouble observed during life.—( Translated from the 
Bulletin Veterinaire , Oct., 1900.) — (E. M.) 
Ablation of Distended Sesamoidean Sheath (By M. Grip- 
fault, Veterinarian of 1st Hussars.) —A mare presented a dis¬ 
tended and partly indurated sheath on the external surface of 
the left anterior fetlock, xiblation was the course of treatment 
adopted, after the application of actual cautery; which had 
proven ineffective. The synovial hernia was excised as deeply 
as possible, under a spray of a 2-1000 sublimate solution ; the 
skin was sutured with antiseptic silk No. 2 ; and, after washing 
the wound with salol 4 per cent., the region was dressed with iodo¬ 
form gauze and absorbing cotton. At the end of nineteen days 
the wound was all closed but the last suture; the little wound was 
again disinfected, its lips brought together and a new dressing 
applied. In fifteen days after the application of the second 
dressing, cicatrization was complete. The mare was then 
exercised one half hour every day, which was gradually increased 
to one hour a day ; baths and douches were given and massage 
applied to the parts, and after a month of this treatment no en- 
