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extent. Suspecting an abscess of the liver or of the walls of the 
abdomen, a careful research showed a very large tumor in the 
mesentery of the small intestine, occupying about four or five 
metres of its extent. The opening of the abscess through which 
the pus had escaped, measured from eight to ten decimetres in 
length. The cavity is mnltiloeular, the walls of the cavities vary¬ 
ing in thickness from two to four centimetres. The mass is 
irregular and bosselated, measures about forty centimetres in 
length and in width ; it weighed thirteen kilograms (about twenty- 
six pounds). Its contents is a pus yellowish, granular and quite 
thick. No important blood vessels run through it. 
The second animal was a filly, which was suffering with 
colics, and which was in such condition at the time of the visit 
that a fatal prognosis was made at once. The animal died soon 
after. At the post mortem, as in the first case, on opening the 
abdomen, a large quantity of pus flew out, mixed with purulent 
matter and pieces of false membrane—indications of a severe 
peritonitis. 
Intestines and mesentery are congested. The mesentery in 
the duodenal portion of the small intestine has a large pouch 
about as big as the stomach. The walls of this cavity are of a 
white bluish color ; it contains about fifteen liters of white yel¬ 
lowish pus, creamy, rather liquid. The pyogenic membrane is 
yellowish, and the walls of the sac about one centimetre thick. 
Dividing columns in way of formation are found in the cavity. 
The filly had begun to be sickly for a month to six weeks, and 
only then began to lose flesh .—Archives Veterinaires. 
PERSISTENCE AND HYPERTROPHY OF THE THYMUS GLAND IN A 
TWO YEAR OLD HEIFER—DISTURBANCE OF THE CIRCULATION, 
RESPIRATION AND DIGESTION. 
Under this heading, Mr. Collin reports in the Journal of 
Zootechnic the case of an animal brought under his observation. 
The condition of the symptoms is described as follows: The 
animal presents an enormous swelling on the dew-lap, extending 
to the lower face of the chest and between the front legs, 
