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and enucleation of the tumor, which was rendered difficult by the 
presence of numerous bands connecting it with the surrounding 
tissues. After the principal mass was removed, and a number of 
smaller tumors, hard and injected, had been carefully dissected 
out, and when the parts seemed to be entirely free from abnormal 
growths, the edges of the skin were brought together by stitches, 
and a dressing of iodo-phenol directed to be applied several times 
a day. This treatment was maintained, with slight variations, as 
required by external indications, until the 27th, when the horse 
was returned to his owner. 
When removed, the tumor weighed four ounces. Microscopic 
examination showed it to have been originally lobulated, with 
hollows at intervals, and at points containing small abscesses. It 
proved to be a lymphatic gland in a hypertrophied condition, and 
undergoing an irregular process of degeneration. 
This question may present itself, whether this would not also 
have proved to be a sarcomatous tumor if it had been left undis¬ 
turbed, instead of being irritated and interfered with by the 
treatment to which it had been subjected. 
REPORTS OF CASES, 
LUXATION OF THE CARPO-METACARPEL ARTICULATION. 
By C. H. Flynn D.V.M. 
On May 23rd I was hastily called to attend a two year old 
entire colt owned by a Mr. Scott. On arriving found the history 
of the case as follows : 
The colt had been tied to a tree in the yard and left for the 
night. During the night a mare in heat broke from her pasture 
and got with him. When found in the morning he was down, 
tangled in his halter, his off fore limb flexed and much swollen in 
the carpal region. 
Before I arrived attempts had been made to reduce the luxa¬ 
tion but without success* 
Upon examination I found the lesion to be in the carpo-meta- 
carpel articulation. The metacarpal bones had slipped outward 
