DISEASE OF THE LIGAMENTUM NUCHJ2 OF A HORSE. 903 
many cases the chief difference between a healthy and 
morbid condition of a given tissue is in the rate at which the 
nutrient matter distributed to it is taken up and appropriated, 
and in the rate at which the production of formed material 
proceeds. More light is likely to be thrown upon the nature 
of the changes occurring very early in the diseased state by 
the veterinary surgeon who has studied in his private room 
with the aid of the microscope, than by the veterinary surgeon 
who has restricted himself to observations of the animal in 
his stable. 
SCROFULOUS TUMOURS IN THE MESENTERY. 
By the Same. 
On the 27th of October last I attended Yeovil County 
Court for the purpose of giving evidence in a case of breach 
of warranty of a cow which had been sold in January last at 
£23 in good condition, she had calved a day or two previously. 
According to the evidence of the plaintiff the cow had milked 
on pretty well for two months, after which she began to lose 
condition, and give less milk, and continued to get gradually 
worse until July, when she died. Mr. Symes, veterinary of 
Yeovil, made a post-mortem examination, and stated in his 
evidence, which was corroborated by three or four butchers, 
that one of the mesenteric glandular tumours weighed 1^- 
cwt., and that there were several others which resembled 
bunches of grapes. The defendant stated that he bought the 
cow a day or two previously of a farmer, who also stated in 
his evidence that he had had the cow six years, and never 
knew her to be ill or in any way amiss during the time she 
was in his possession. Verdict for plaintiff. 
DISEASE OF THE LIGAMENTUM NUCH.E OF A 
HORSE. 
• By the Same. 
On the 28th of September, 1847, I opened an abscess on 
the withers of a black cart horse, and dressed the wound with a 
solution of sulphate of zinc ; early in December it had healed 
up, and appeared to be all right. On the 28th of March 
