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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 periodhe 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 
