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rinarian is now clothed with authority and has a sufficient appro¬ 
priation to deal with this disease. 
It may also be mentioned that a death occurred in St. Louis 
last month from this malady—the victim being a street-car driver 
said to have lately gone thither from some place in this State. 
(To be continued .) 
MELANOTIC TUMOR IN THE C(ECUM. 
By R. H. Harrison, D.V.S. 
This subject was a brown gelding, eighteen years old, sixteen 
and one-half hands high, and weighing 1,480 pounds. He first 
came under observation several months before, suffering from a 
large incised wound of the breast; had been owned by a lumber 
firm for twelve years, and not esteemed a good worker and 
feeder. 
After recovery from this accident he was sold and lost sight 
of until March 17th, when he was exposed for sale at auction. 
Late in the afternoon was requested to visit him, and found 
him prostrate, gasping for breath, with an almost imperceptible 
pulse. Ho treatment was advised. He died a few minutes after¬ 
wards without a struggle. 
The previous history, as near as could be ascertained, was 
that he had been driven 18 miles rapidly in the morning. Re¬ 
fused his dinner, and early in the afternoon, showed great dis¬ 
tress, manifested by severe colics, getting up and down, paw¬ 
ing, etc. 
A post-mortem examination was made the next day, and the 
following lesions were observed: Rigor mortis was well marked, 
and the animal was in good flesh. 
Thorax .—The lungs were healthy, except along the inferior 
border, where emphysema was present. The heart was hyper¬ 
trophied at the expense of its walls. It was fatty and the muscu¬ 
lar structure was easily torn. Its weight when emptied of clotted 
blood was five and one-half pounds. The walls of the left ven¬ 
tricle were a quarter of an inch thick, and of the right, one 
