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moved while limbs were trembling, it would blunder across its box, and 

 if avoiding a fall would stand with the legs spread wide apart like props. 

 Course variable until 20th September, when aggravation occurred. 

 Killed on 23rd. 



Autopsy. — Foramen lacerum basis cranii of right side almost double 

 size of left. Adherent to the pia mater, lying behind the cerebellum 

 and between it and the medulla, was an elongated, nodular, firm 

 tumour, constricted at its centre, and studded with numerous glistening 

 particles of cholesterin. Tumour bright red or pink on section, and very 

 vascular, but showed no recent haemorrhage and no degeneration or 

 calcareous deposit. Pia mater congested throughout, especially 

 behind the cerebellum. Brain normal. 



Veterinary Captain Rutherford's case, Journ. Comp. Path, and Therap., 1893, p. 72. 



Fig. 23. — Position at rest. 



CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE IN THE HORSE. 



7. Eleven-year-old bay gelding, i6"3 hands, seen February 5th, 1896. 



History. — Had shown " staggers " on day previous to examination, 



and been taken home. The head was carried to one side (see Fig. 23) • 



