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REPORTS OF CASES. 
grew from the same parts, and which contained about five 
ounces of a straw-colored fluid. The base was incised longitu¬ 
dinally for five inches and two small cavities exposed holding 
about an ounce of a similar liquid. The surprising feature of 
this case is the size of the tumor for, besides the six ounces of 
serum just mentioned, it tipped the balance at two pounds, two 
ounces and a half. 
CAUDAL MYECTOMY. 
By J. A. McCrank, D. V. S., Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
In the May (1898) number of the American Veterinary 
Review Dr. Williams, of Cornell, reported the result of an ex¬ 
periment, in which he concluded that caudal myectomy took 
the place of clitoridectomy. About the same time I had a few 
vicious mares in my neighborhood similarly affected. I at 
once determined to try the experiment. 
Case /.—Gray mare, trotting bred, very speedy, but so un¬ 
safe both in harness and in her stall that no driver would take 
her to train, and she was balky. She was driven two days 
after the experiment and was very sore but quieted wonder¬ 
fully. . To-day she is a gentleman's driver, so gentle that a 
lady with her children may be seen out in her carriage, driv¬ 
ing about with perfect safety, and in the barn she is a pet. 
Case II .—Chestnut mare, general purpose, raised on a farm, 
became so vicious that she could not be handled. She was 
brought to the city and traded into a jockey’s hands ; thus she 
went from one owner to another. She had to be fed from above; 
you could not approach her in her stall except you carried a 
pan of feed. I tried the experiment. To-day she is on a de¬ 
livery wagon in this village—a gentle, trusty and valuable 
beast. 
Case III. —Dr. M.’s mare was very vicious, switched and 
kicked both in stall and in harness. She broke his leg ; in fact 
she was so unsafe that “Doc’’ was afraid to get drunk while 
he was driving her. I tried the experiment. She is perfectly 
safe and “ Doc ” can get gloriously full when he wishes and 
can drive home with safety. 
Previous to Dr. Williams’ report, the treatment about here 
was to nick the tail, set it up with pulleys and weights ; when 
it had healed, the tail was amputated close. It was painful to 
see those poor beasts at work every day on the streets with no pro¬ 
tection from the flies and a tail so short as to be useless. The 
