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A. LIAUTARD. 
November 4th.—The remainder of the tumor is cut off with 
the scissors, and the ligature removed. * 
November 7th, 8th, 9th.—Continues to improve. Walking 
exercise; the slough of the strings of the cord gradually coming 
off with the suppuration. (Edema of the parts is subsiding. 
November 16th.—Discharged convalescent. 
A probably rare affection met with in horses is the formation 
of abscesses in the pelvic cavity; and when this takes place the 
most common place where they are likely to open is either through 
the rectum, and again very commonly at the anus. When in 
the first case, the manure is often covered with blood or pus ; and 
in the second, a small hole, the opening of the fistulous tract, is 
found on the margin of the anus, allowing a little flow of thin pus 
to escape. But there is also another mode in which these ab¬ 
scesses may find their way outside of the pelvic cavity, and where 
they can give rise to complications, which, if they are not neces¬ 
sarily serious, so far as the life of the patient is concerned, become 
somewhat of that character by the disfiguration they may leave 
after them. We refer to the possibility of the pus making its way 
under the coccygeal aponeurosis, and then producing numerous 
abscesses of the tail, and the loss of the hair of that appendage, 
and which might be complicated with disease of the caudal verte¬ 
brae, which would necessitate an amputation. The following case 
illustrates one of those complications, without necrosis of the 
bones. 
PELVIC ABSCESS—MULTIPLE ABSCESSES OF THE TAIL—LOSS OF 
THE HAIR IN ALMOST THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THAT ORGAN. 
By F. VV. Kain, (Student) 
On November 3d, 1882, a chestnut gelding, coming six years 
old, belonging to Mr. E-, of this city, was brought to the hos¬ 
pital of the college. At this time he is said to have been very 
sensitive about his hinder parts, and will not allow himself to be 
touched in the region of the tail. A twitch being placed upon 
him, the house "surgeon, Dr. Kemp, examined him and found a 
slight eruption underneath the skin, which was very irritating. Di¬ 
rections to have him well washed with soap and water were given 
