142 FUNGUS HiEMATODES. 



the bleeding had become more considerable, and she exhibited, by 

 coma and other symptoms, indications of the brain having become 

 affected. Judging from the appearance of the tumour, with its 

 disposition to bleed so profusely, and the fact of its having been 

 formed in the interior of the eye, I concluded it was not of an ordi- 

 nary description ; and, suspecting it to be a case of fungus hsema- 

 todes, I requested Mr. Alport, surgeon, residing in Lichfield, to see 

 it with me, who pronounced it to bear all the specific characters of 

 that disease in the hmnan subject. 



"I had previously determined upon extirpating it with the 

 whole of the contents of the orbit, and which was now effected. 

 I found it necessary, in consequence of the superiority in size of 

 the tumour to that of the orbit, to dissect a portion of it away, level 

 with the orbital margin, before I could make it practicable to re- 

 move that which was contained within the orbit. With some diffi- 

 culty, owing to an immense hemorrhage, the whole was extirpated, 

 weighing about two pounds. The sclerotica within the orbit was 

 filled with firm medullary matter of a yellowish colour ; the optic 

 nerve had its usual appearance, but there was no trace of any of 

 the other component parts of the eye. The portion that was first 

 dissected away had a somewhat similar though darker appearance 

 towards its centre, and became very vascular towards its exterior. 

 The orbit was filled with tow after the operation, and a bandage 

 applied to retain it. The mare had physic, and was sent home. 



''I saw her two days afterwards, when she was swollen pretty 

 much about the parotid gland and top of the head. These parts 

 were fomented, and physic was given, which operated well. I did 

 not see her again, but understood from the farrier who attended 

 her, that the swelling increased until about the seventh day after 

 the operation, when the comatose symptoms became more apparent, 

 and she died in three weeks from that time. The tumour was 

 larger than it had ever been, which appeared more extraordinary, 

 as I considered that I had removed the whole of the tunic from 

 which it had originated. He opened the head, and found the 

 brain very soft, and containing much serous fluid." 



M. Crepin, Paris, has related a case in the Journal Vtieri- 

 naire for 1835, in which a disease, having the characters of fungus 



