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of the masseter muscle. The tumor extended in the direction of 
the inferior border of the masseter in a conical shape, and ended 
a little posterior to the maxillary fissure. At its base it measured 
eleven centimeters, and its thickness was about from nine to ten 
centimeters. The skin was intact; there was no fistulous tract. 
The tumor was not painful, hard forward and soft behind. An 
explorative puncture met with a hard and resisting body, and 
allowed the flow of foetid brownish fluid. Examination of the 
mouth revealed a round tumor due to the pushing inward of the 
mucous membrane, which was not excoriated. All the other func¬ 
tions were normal. The tumor was the cause of the loss of ap¬ 
petite. After careful consideration, a diagnosis of salivary cal¬ 
culi was made, and the treatment decided. This consisted in the 
removal of the foreign body. The tumor was found to contain 
a large salivary calculus and several little ones. The large one 
weighed 532 grammes (over a pound); one small one weighed one 
gramme. When first removed the large one had a very foetid 
odor, analogous to that of the saliva which flowed at the time of 
exploration. Its weight diminished little by little, and after forty- 
eight days it had lost forty-one grammes in weight. The only 
complication which followed the operation was the closing up of 
the duct of Stenon in the mouth, which was overcome by an 
artificial opening made by a fine cauterization of the buccal 
mucous membrane. The recovery was perfect .—Journal de Lyons. 
CONTRACTION OF THE PYLORIC ORIFICE IN BOVINE. 
1st Case .—A cow has been sick for about eight days; she lays 
down, her head and legs stretched out; she is very weak, rises up 
with difficulty, temperature of the body little below normal, nose 
dry and rough, abdomen hard and tympanitic. Auscultations 
and explorations of the abdomen show a complete inertia of the 
digestive canal. Has had no faecal passages for two days; the 
last digestion were very dry. Rumination has stopped, pulse 
counts 70, internal temperature 40° C. 
A diagnosis of gastro entiritis is made, and the animal is con¬ 
demned to be destroyed. This done, after a few unsuccessful at- 
