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and apparently healthy adipose tissue was removed from, the 
quarter and placed on a scale. It weighed one hundred and 
eighteen and a half (118J) pounds, including the kidney. The 
kidney, which was deeply embedded, weighed three (3) pounds, 
and was normal in appearance. As far as could be ascertained, 
the animal did not suffer any discomfort during life. The only 
observable symptom was a distended abdomen. A butcher boy 
who had seen the steer alive greatly amused the surrounding 
crowd by innocently remarking that when he first saw the animal 
he was somewhat puzzled by the appearance and thought that 
the steer might possibly be in calf! The right kidney with its 
enfolding adipose capsule was perfectly normal in size, appearance 
and weight. Would some member of the profession kindly give 
information as to the cause of this interesting development ? 
AN AGED SOLIPED. 
By John B. Garrison, M.D. 
The specimen represents the superior and inferior incisor 
teeth of a mule, which, from authentic accounts, had reached the 
advanced age of 42 years and 8 months. 
The teeth present a remarkable appearance, for, while in 
their o-eneral contour they indicated advanced age, their disposi- 
tion is peculiar. 
On the lower jaw, one of the nippers, the right, was missing, 
it having been broken off start, the piece imbedded in.the alveo¬ 
lus remaining. The other presented the usual appearance of an 
incisor tooth in advanced age, it being flattened from side to side 
and projecting horizontally outward. Nothing remarkable was 
noticed in the dividers, which closely resembled the remaining 
nipper. The corner tooth of the right side presented nothing 
unusual, while that of the left was double the length of the latter 
and inclined outward, having a concave external border. Taking 
the inferior incisor teeth as a whole, they projected horizontally 
outward, so that their grinding surface was continuous with the 
superior face of the body of the bone. 
