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AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
a grain of corn, imbedded in the mucous membrane, which was 
at that point of a dark color, and undergoing mortification. 
LARGE EPITHELIOMA OF THE PENIS. 
By the Same. 
The importance of careful watching aud of early operation in 
cases of cancerous growth of the penis is well illustrated by the 
history of the following case, which was presented to the clinic 
of the American Veterinary Hospital on the 29th of Decem¬ 
ber, 1885: 
The subject was a roan gelding, six years old, in a condition 
of apparently perfect general health, but suffering with epithelioma 
of the penis. About three months previous, a small wart had 
been observed upon the glands, which was cauterized with the 
apparent disappearance of any further cause of trouble. Re¬ 
cently, however, a very offensive discharge had made its appear¬ 
ance, bloody and purulent in character, and the scrotum became 
the seat a large swelling, which soon broke out at various points. 
After some hesitancy on the part of the owner, who objected 
to the amputation of the member, which had been suggested by 
the veterinary attendant, the horse was at last ordered to the hos¬ 
pital for examination, and if deemed expedient, for treatment. 
The animal was found on admission to be in the following 
horrid condition: Two enormous masses protruded through the 
opening of the sheath, that on the lower commissure measuring 
four and one-half inches in length, and one and one-half inches at 
its base, and hanging down, with a blunt end. The other mass, 
upon the upper commissure, was also very large, and somewhat 
spherical in aspect. 
The animal having been prepared by cleansing and washing the 
parts with a carbolic disinfectant solution, was on the following day 
thrown down, in order to ascertain to what extent the diseased 
process existed, and to consider the propriety of surgical inter¬ 
ference. On introducing the hand into the sheath, it came in 
contact with a large number of epithelial growths, varying in 
size, bleeding upon the slightest touch, and almost entirely closing 
