TUMOUR WITHIN THE CRANIUM. 
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01. Lini, Oj ; 
Sol. Aloes, 31 ] ; 
Spt. Ether. Nit., ^iss. 
and repeated the enemas. 
July 14. — 8 a. m. The symptoms this morning appear to 
me very unfavorable. The pulse has risen to about 68 in 
the minute, and is very weak ; the breathing is somewhat 
quickened, and the eyes are perfectly closed. She stands 
with her head hanging over a rail which separates her from 
another stall; and in this position the attendant informs 
me she has remained the greater part of the night, as if in a 
sound sleep. The faeces are still dry and hard. 
5c 01. Lini, Oj ; 
Ext, Belladonna, $ij ; 
Aq. tepid., Oj. Fiat haust. 
Repeat the blister to the head, and order about two quarts 
of warm water to be thrown up per rectum every four hours. 
4 p. m. Patient much about the same. The pulse is some- 
what quicker, and she still stands in one place. Ordered a 
fever ball, and left her for the night. 
15 — 7 a. m. This morning I found my patient pi'ostrate. 
The attendant who remained with her during the night, says 
she stood as if in a sound sleep till about four o’clock this 
morning, when she suddenly fell, and then laid perfectly 
quiet. The breathing is more hurried, pulse 90? and very 
indistinct ; patches of perspiration cover the surface of the 
body; she moans occasionally, as if in pain, and the lungs 
evidently are becoming congested, as ascertained by auscul- 
tation. As I do not see the shadow of a chance for recovery, 
I discontinue treatment, leaving her till the after part of the 
day. — 4 p. m. The symptoms have all increased so much in 
urgency that it is impossible for the mare to survive the 
night ; I therefore advise the owner to have her destroyed, 
which is done in my presence. 
Post-mortem exarnination . — The whole of the abdominal 
viscera appears to be perfectly healthy. On laying open the 
cavity of the chest, I find effused into it about two quarts of 
bloody serum. The lungs are quite black. 
On removing the brain from the cranium, I find at the 
upper part of the cerebellum, and adhering generally to the 
meninges of the brain, a soft tumour, composed chiefly of 
flattened discs, each of which, when cut into, has the appear- 
ance of being made up principally of earthy matter. The 
membranes themselves, at this part, are much thinner than 
at any other ; there is also a small portion dark in colour, 
