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him on the right side, he turned his head always to the left. 

 During the whole of the case I did not observe any very evi- 

 dent signs of palsy. For a considerable period he had eaten 

 with appetite ; but nevertheless he grew thin from day to 

 day, although he was too well fed by the owners, who con- 

 tinually crammed him with food, notwithstanding my efforts 

 to prevent it. 



At the post-mortem examination I found a remarkable 

 thickening of the meninges on almost the whole of the left 

 lobe of the brain. 



The dura mater, the two layers of the arachnoid mem- 

 brane, and the pia mater, did not constitute more than 

 one membrane of the usual thickness, and presented a 

 somewhat yellow covering. The cerebral substance of the 

 left lobe appeared to be a little firmer than that of the 

 right lobe. 



" The fissures of the cerebral circumvolutions were here 

 much less deep than those of the other side. The blood- 

 vessels which ran in the fissures were of smaller size, and in. 

 some places could scarcely be discovered." 



The following interesting case, recorded by Messrs. 

 Gowing and Son, in the " Veterinarian " for May, 1870, 

 may be classed under the head of meningeal disease : 



" On the 2nd inst., our attendance was requested at 

 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, in respect of a white 

 terrier dog, eighteen months old. The history of the case 

 is as follows : 



" The owner stated that the dog had been brought from 

 Oxford, and that he had recently lost his vision. On 

 examination it was found that the pupils of both eyes were 

 somewhat dilated, and there was no power of recognising 

 objects ; the other special senses did not appear to be 

 interfered with, as the dog recognised his master's voice, 

 and would come to him when called ; this he would do slowly 

 and carefully, apparently using his sense of smell as his guide. 

 The owner was asked if the animal had ever received a blow. 



