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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
The muscular coat, anteriorly to the part occupied by the new 
formations, was thickened to about four times the normal size, 
while the affected part was atrophied. The tumors proved the 
presence of a plate epithelial cancer. The interesting factor in 
this case is that instead of a cylindrical cancer, which is always 
the type of cancer of mucous membranes, he found the plate 
epithelia cancer.—( Deutshe ThierarztL IVochen.) 
Penetrating Abdominae Wound with Prouapse of 
the Great Mesentery and the Spleen [By Gero].— A 
five-year-old mare, which was in the ninth month of pregnancy, 
by accident received a perforating wound on the posterior part 
and the lower third of the chest, corresponding with the 6th, 
7th, and 8th ribs, through which a large part of the mesentery 
and part of the spleen prolapsed. The mesentery was cut off 
right under the wound. After a careful disinfection with a 
10 per cent, sublimate solution of the spleen, it was ligated 
with catgut in the constricted part produced by the sharp edges 
of the wound. The prolapsed portion was then removed and 
a compress bandage applied. The following day the temper¬ 
ature was 38.8° C., pulse 62, breathing somewhat difficult. On 
the fourth day the temperature was 40.6° C., pulse 88, the ani¬ 
mal restless. After a morphine injection and the administra¬ 
tion of digitalis these symptoms gradually subsided, and the 
animal completely recovered in seven weeks. Abortion in this 
case did not take place.— [Veter in arms.) 
Gong Incubation of Rabies [By Kabo] .—A ten-year-old 
cow (of Hungarian breed) was bitten 011 the muzzle by a dog, 
which died later, showing all the characteristic symptoms of 
rabies. The cow did not show any symptoms whatsoever for 
323 days, when marked symptoms of rabies developed and she 
died in six days. Rabbits were inoculated with an emulsion of 
the brain, and they died after eighteen days from typical rabies. 
—( Veterinarius.) 
The Operation on Cryptorchids [By Dr. Plose , Buda¬ 
pest]. —The author reports his experiences in regard to the 
operation upon cryptorchids, which were collected from numer¬ 
ous operations of this kind. His procedures are as follows : 
Two days previous to the operation 60—80 grammes of Glauber’s 
salt is administered to the horse two or three times daily, the 
amount of food diminished, and twelve hours before the oper¬ 
ation food is withheld entirely. The operation itself is performed 
in the side position, as in this way asepsis is much more easily 
secured. The field of operation is carefully cleansed and in the 
