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REPORTS OF CASES. 
sent the animal home, a distance of eighteen miles, on May 
25th, and to-day he is at work. 
Microscopic examinations showed the tumors to be “ spin ale 
celled sarcoma.” 
TORSION OF THE UTERUS IN A MARE. 
By the Same. 
June 3d, I was called to see a large brown mare which had 
been in labor for about twelve hours, with no appearance of the 
foal. The hostler had examined her and said he could find no 
opening to the uterus at all. Examination showed a complete 
right torsion. The throes of the animal were terrific, and before 
anything could be done to check them, during one of her exces¬ 
sive struggles, the vagina was broken through on the left side, 
and several yards of intestine were forced through the opening 
and out at the vulva, and the animal rapidly sank and died from 
internal hemorrhage. Post mortem showed the condition I have 
described. The uterus contained a large foetus, and there was 
complete torsion. I could trace no cause for the trouble. The 
mare was nine or ten years old, and had raised several colts. 
MONSTROUS CALF. 
By the Same. 
June 16th. Called to see a cow that had been in labor about 
twenty-four hours. The water bags were ruptured, and the four 
feet and the head of a foetus were presented. Examination 
showed that there was something abnormal, and gentle traction 
that the foetus would come as it was. It could not be moved 
back at all, so I pulled it away with force. Imagine a section to 
be removed from the body, extending from the first ribs to the 
sacrum, and the remaining parts to be placed backs together and 
united. Or the sacrum to be united with the seventh cervical and 
then turned completely back. Head, neck, and limbs were per¬ 
fect. The intestines were all present but floating around loose, 
