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are given, four in dogs and one in a cat, of vomiting and 
abdominal pain treated and relieved by exploratory laparotomy. 
One dog, relieved for three months, was afterward destroyed ; 
one cat recovered ; two dogs were relieved, but the last one, 
also relieved, was destroyed because having too early been care¬ 
lessly fed by its owner, violent peristalsis set in and caused re¬ 
opening of the abdominal wound and prolapse of the intestines. 
A case of perineal hernia was cured ; one of intussusception died 
after a few days of improvement. Three cases were operated by 
laparotomy with massage of the bowels for obstruction. Two 
died and one had to be killed for fear of peritonitis by irrigation of 
the contents of the bowels, which were felt in the abdomen dur¬ 
ing the operation. Gastrotomy for removal of foreign body 
was performed on a dog and a cat. Both died, the dog from 
internal hsemorrliage from rupture of the posterior aorta, the 
cat from peritonitis. A case of ascites in a female mastiff was 
relieved by puncture and removal of 5^ gallons of fluid. She 
has been well since. Lithotomy was performed in five cases ; in 
two, laparotomy and incision of the bladder, with recovery. Two 
died and the third was killed because of calculus in the methra 
that could not be reached. 
Botryomycosis on the Shoulders of a Mare [By IV . 
R. Davis , M. R. C. V. 5 .].—For some time the animal had 
been suffering with tumors of various sizes, round and at the 
base of the neck, until, being unable to work, and after having 
been unsuccessfully treated by several empirics, the author was 
called to see her. At that time she had a “ necklace of 
tumors.” There were four large ones, two on each side of the 
base of the neck, and besides these, several smaller growths, 
varying from a bean to a walnut in size. The skin of both 
shoulders was the seat of a number of thickenings from which 
the hair had disappeared. One of the large tumors had a 
fistulous opening, from which pus oozed out. This tumor was 
painful, and around it swollen lymphatic vessels could be felt. 
The animal was cast and the tumors removed, the large one by 
dissection, the smaller by scraping. The after treatment con¬ 
sisted in astringents and antiseptics externally, and iodide of 
potash internally. Microscopic examination revealed the pres¬ 
ence of the botryomyces.— {Vet. Journ.) 
A Case [By V. Owen Williams , RR.C.V.S .].—Under this 
title our esteemed confrere gives the concise history of a case of 
tuberculosis in a cow which by examination during life he 
had concluded must have been far gone in abdominal tubercu- 
