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the cavity of the sheath. The penis was retracted and entirely 
destroyed, there remaining but a very short stump of a granulat¬ 
ing epithelial mass, which could not be drawn outside of the 
preputial cavity. 
The owner being notified of the state of things, orders were 
given to have the patient destroyed. 
At the post-mortem examination it was found that several 
abscesses had formed and ulcerated in the sheath, and that the 
skin was covered with masses of epithelial enlargements, of vari¬ 
ous sizes. The stump of the penis was the seat of a large irregu¬ 
lar cauliflower growth, and was covered with bleeding epithelial 
granulations. It was destroyed to such an extent that it was im¬ 
possible to pull it out of the cavity of the sheath. The extent 
of the disease, with the condition of the organ destroyed by the 
existing cancerous degeneration, obviously contraindicated a resort 
to amputation. 
COMPLETE LACERATION OF THE GASTRO-ENEMII TENDON- 
RECOVERY. 
By the Same. 
On the 21st of November, a greyhound was brought to the 
hospital, with the following incomplete history. 
While out hunting, the dog became suddenly very lame, and 
it was supposed that the injury had occurred to cause it when 
the animal jumped a barb wire fence. In doing this he had 
struck one of the barbs, which had made a small opening through 
the skin, and completely severed the tendon Achillis. As the 
animal walked, the lower portion of the leg was freely moving, 
no weight being carried on it, and a solution of continuity could 
be readily discovered. The separated ends of the tendon were 
about one inch apart, and the rupture was about an inch and a 
half from the apex of the os calcis. 
The leg was immediately placed in splints, with the lower 
part well extended on the tibia, and allowed to remain in that 
condition until the 19th of November, when it was removed to 
ascertain how far the process of union had proceeded. It was 
found that both ends of the tendon were well united with a 
