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RUPTURE OF A MELANOTIC TUMOUR. 
have sent over some with other articles ; but the freight of 
mylabris alone would be expensive ; it can only be done by 
merchants exporting other drugs. 
DEATH FROM RUPTURE OF A MELANOTIC 
TUMOUR. 
By J. Broad, M.R.C.V.S., Market Street, Paddington. 
Dear Sir, — On the 2d of September last I was requested, 
in haste, to attend a grey mare at Sudbury, belonging to 
J. S , Esq., of Westbourne Grove. 
I arrived at half-past four o’clock p.m. She was then 
comfortable and feeding. She had been taken about two 
and a half hours before my arrival, with symptoms which led 
those in attendance upon her to believe she was suffering 
from gripes, for which a simple remedy was administered. 
The attack lasted about half an hour ; during that period the 
most prominent symptom exhibited was that of her violently 
forcing her head against the corner of her box, and in that 
situation she would remain for some time. 
The violence with which she had repeatedly brought her 
head in contact with the wall had most distinctly left its 
effects upon various parts of the head. An examination 
showed the pulse to be steady, and possessing a tolerably 
good tone, with the membranes of a healthy hue : consequently 
I could not suspect internal hemorrhage. I entertained an 
opinion that the case was the result of cerebral derangement. 
I advised her removal to town, which was at once ac- 
ceded to. 
She walked the distance (8 miles) freely, and with apparent 
ease, and appeared not to have suffered from her journey; 
she was at once placed in a loose box, and in the course of 
five minutes she directed her head towards one corner of it, 
retaining it in that position for a short period ; then fell, and 
died almost instantly. 
Post-mortem. — Opening the abdomen was immediately 
followed by a copious flow of very dark-coloured blood, 
mixed with black clots of melanosis. After removing the 
intestines, stomach, &c., a large melanotic tumour of a very 
irregular shape presented itself, situated across the lumbar 
region, closely attached to, and nearly concealing, the kidneys. 
Judging from the appearance of the mass, I should think its 
