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glands were as large as an egg and pale in color. The adipose 
tissue was thin and watery in consistency. The animal was 
small and not many months old.” 
DISCUSSION ON DR. KAUPP’S PAPER. 
Dr. Sihler : I have seen quite a number of cases of leucaemia 
and was fortunate enough to treat a case in a dog. I want to 
state that I was not certain what the malady was when I was 
treating the case. The symptoms manifested were languor, 
loss of appetite, constipation and an irregular pulse. On ex¬ 
amination I found what I thought was a tumor in the abdomi¬ 
nal cavity. I gave a laxative, then a second dose. The next 
day the dog died. Upon post-mortem I found the spleen was 
two feet long, six inches wide and two inches thick and then I 
did not know exactly what I had until I began to look the 
matter up. It was the first case of leucaemia I had ever seen. 
I have seen two or three cases in calves. In several cases that 
I have had the opportunity of seeing, the lymphatic glands 
were of a dark color and varied in size from a hen’s egg to a 
goose egg. I have seen several cases in hogs and one or two 
cases where the lymphatics Were dark in color and the spleen 
very much enlarged. 
Dr. Moore: Did you find any symptoms of anaemia in the 
dog? 
Dr. Sihler: The attack seemed to come on very suddenly. 
Was only sick a day or two before I was called. The dog was 
in good flesh. 
Dr. McCurdy: I saw a case in a steer that was in very good 
condition where this disease was diagnosed. All the lymphatics 
were very much enlarged, very nearly all the same size, about 
as large as a man’s fist, and the lesions were diagnosed as those 
of leucaemia. This case was diagnosed as such by Dr. Adair, 
who has had a great deal of experience among cattle, and was 
confirmed by Dr. Bennett. The spleen was enlarged to about 
three times its usual size. 
Dr. Sihler: I remember a case in a cow diagnosed ante- 
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mortem as actinomycosis but post-mortem proved it to be leu¬ 
caemia. 
Dr. Heck : I have been very much interested in this paper. 
Before coming to the meeting I made it a point to look up the 
literature on this subject, but found very little in our veterinary 
works, mere perhaps in Zuill’s translation than in any other 
book. I had recourse to some works on human medicine, and 
