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VETERINARY LECTURES 



572. Tumours in the brain of adult animals are met with 

 occasionally, and may exist for some time without causing any 

 disturbance, but the first symptoms to be noticed are those described 

 under abscesses. Setons and blisters behind the ears may be 

 serviceable, and iodide and bromide of potassium may be given night 

 and morning, in doses of 1 to 2 drachms each. Tumours of a 

 tubercular nature are more commonly found in the brain of the 

 cow, with symptoms analogous to those given under abscesses in 



Fig. 14.— Hydrocephalus in Calf (Water ox the Brain). 



the brain of the horse (par. 569), and including loss of sight, etc. 

 There are numerous other tumours found in the brain, the chief of 

 these being of the bony and melanotic varieties. 



573. Sturdy, Gid, or Turnsick. — This is an affection of the 

 brain due to the presence of a brain tumour, or, rather, a watery cyst 

 or bleb, which is the cystic stage of the Tania ccenuvus — a tape-worm 

 affecting the dog. This cyst, which is known as the ccenuvus cere- 

 bralis, is developed from the eggs in the segment of the worm, which 



