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REPORTS OF CASES. 
NECROTIC TESTICRE IN PIG. 
By Francis Abeee, V. S., Quincy, Mass. 
Bought a ruptured pig with scrotal hernia. Operated at 
about six months old. One testicle was small and adherent. 
Cuthnto it. A thick, gray, grumous substance burst out. The 
nature of the contained material and the absence of rounded 
serous covering, the thickness of walls, etc. almost convinced 
me that the intestine was cut, but when atrophied epididymis 
was located, the true nature was discovered. It proved to be a 
necrosis of testicle, probably due to strangulation of blood sup- 
Ply * _______ 
POEL-EVIR AND ANTISEPSIS. 
By Francis Abeee, V. S., Quincy, Mass. 
Horse had poll-evil. Abscess large and soft, ready to lance. 
Tissues about greatly swollen. Cast her, removed mane round 
about, cut out all skin over abscess, removed circular piece 
about three or four inches in diameter. This gave dependent 
drainage on both sides and plenty of room to get a plug in and 
wash out with a tent of cotton. Ordered that it be washed out 
once a day with tent of clean absorbent cotton in one cup of 
hot water with bichloride tablet, followed by cleansing with 
Oakland peroxide. The action of the latter attracted specta¬ 
tors regularly, so that the horse got plenty of treatment. It 
healed beautifully and, strangely enough, the scar does not seem 
to be over one-half inch in diameter. 
PTOMAINE POISONING IN DOGS. 
By Francis Abere, V. S., Quincy, Mass. 
A kennel man took several dogs to walk for exercise one 
evening. All were in the best of spirits when put up for the 
night. On the next morning one was dead ; a second had 
choreic actions and loss of use of legs ; a third was having 
slight convulsions. Diagnosed enteritis, possibly due to some 
poison. Post-mortem showed stomach bloody and inflamed, 
empty of food, but containing at least a handful of fish bones, 
all loose, probably the head of a haddock. The others died the 
same day, even after evacuation of contents by vomition, first 
filling up with bulky food. The suddenness of death surprised 
me. 
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