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Is not the supposition admissible, that chickens find the condi¬ 
tions of their infection by cholera in the putrefying organic sub¬ 
stances which may serve as a medium of culture to the germs of 
septicaemia which are in suspension in the air, with those of putre- 
fication ?—Gazette Medicate. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
By R. H. Harrison, D.V.S. House Surgeon. 
THE REMOVAL OF A LARGE FUNGOID GROWTH AT THE ELBOW BY 
THE ELASTIC LIGATURE. 
In a recent German Review, the application of the ligature as 
a means of removing tumors at the elbow, was highly recom¬ 
mended. The modus operandi consists in applying cords at the 
base of the tumor, removing and tightening them each day, until 
the sloughing of the tumor takes place. In a French editorial on 
the subject the manipulation was highly commended, but it was 
considered that an elastic ligature would be much better than the 
cord, as this would obviate the necessity of repeating the applica¬ 
tion every day, and would have the same desired result. In an 
article on the subject, by Dr. Coates, in the August number of 
the Review, the use of the elastic ligature was fully described and 
several cases reported illustrating the beneficial results of its 
use. Since then we have used it again, and although the tumor was 
successfully removed, and the patient is now doing well, still 
certain objections to its use were indicated. 
The case referred to was an aged black gelding used for truck¬ 
ing, and valued by his owner as an old and trusty servant. He 
had a large fungoid growth at the left elbow, larger than a man’s 
head, and measuring twenty-five inches in circumference at its 
base; it was irregularly rounded and presented a large uneven 
granulating surface, bleeding to the touch, but not painful to the 
patient. It interfered considerably with locomotion and was a 
most disgusting eye-sore. 
