REPORTS OF CASES. 
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REPORTS OF CASES, 
(Sent to the MeetiDg of the U. S. Veterinary Medical Association.) 
RECURRENT FIBROMA. 
By G. C. Faville, B.S., D.V.M. 
On May 15th last, a large four year old mule was sent me, 
with the injunction to “ kill or cure.” 
The animal presented a most disgusting appearance. On its 
head, beginning at the base of the right ear, and running in a 
direction down and back, following the angle of the jaw, were 
two very large “ bunches,” as large in themselves as the balance 
of the head. The skin was drawn tightly over them, and in 
places was broken, giving them a sloughing, bloody look. On 
the neck were several bunches, varying in size from a peck mea¬ 
sure to a walnut. 
About a year before the animal had a small nodular swelling 
in the submaxillary space, and the owner thought he- had been 
hurt in some way. The bunch kept enlarging, and finally had 
been removed, but soon came back, and others also appeared in 
several places on the head and neck. I pronounced them “ recur¬ 
rent fibroma,” with an unfavorable prognosis. At the owner’s 
desire, I anaestliized the animal. Cutting into the bunch nearest 
the ear, I removed with very little cutting, forty-four (44) fibrous 
tumors, ranging in size from a u double fist ” to a pigeon egg. 
Hemorrhage was very great, despite my utmost efforts. Dressed 
with absorbent cotton, and saturated with liquid ferri sub-sulph. 
May 17th. Removed a nest of forty (40) tumors from sub¬ 
maxillary space. 
May 23rd. Removed, with an ecraseur, a cyst from the neck, 
containing twenty (20) tumors, and from individual cysts, some 
six or eight more, making in all more than 110 tumors that were 
removed. 
In order to obtain a complete slough of whatever portion of 
the cysts that remained, I used a dressing of pure carbolic acid, 
covering the wounds with marine lint, saturated with the acid. I 
