MULTIPLE TUMOURS. 
563 
On Friday last, August 10th, I was requested to attend a 
horse, the property of a farmer in this neighbourhood, that 
had been under the care of a farrier, for a dropsical condi- 
tion of the scrotum, sheath, &c. 
Upon my arrival I found the animal, a fine, aged horse, in 
good working condition, suffering much weakness from 
the treatment to which he had been subjected, and which it 
is hardly necessary to say had consisted in the withdrawal of 
blood, and the giving of a dose of physic. The pulse was 
both weak and irregular; and considerable swelling of the 
sheath and inferior parts of the body was also present. The 
bowels were much excited by the medicine he had taken. 
Besides these symptoms, there was a total lossof appetite, chilly 
extremities, pallidness of the visible mucous membranes, and 
in fact every indication of prostration, to an extent to mark 
approaching death. I ordered diffusible stimulants, with 
vegetable tonics, and plenty of support in the shape of good 
gruel, &c. The patient continued in a standing position until 
the Saturday morning, when he laid down, evincing con- 
siderable pain in so doing. From this time he gradually 
sank, and died in the afternoon of the following day. 
1 should mention that, on the day 1 first saw him, there 
appeared to be a difficulty in his passing his urine. This led 
me to examine the bladder, when I discovered that a tumour 
existed in connection with the coats of the organ. On men- 
tioning this to the owner, he observed that he had noticed 
him to stale in very small quantities of late, but with that 
exception, he appeared to him to be well, and had done his 
regular work up to Tuesday last. 
i further ascertained, however, that he had been noticed 
to grunt very much when put to severe exertion, and that 
he had generally a cough, but was not considered to be 
broken winded. He had also had several attacks of inflam- 
matory oedema, but which always gave way to the usual 
treatment. On making my post mortem examination, I was 
astonished at the extent to which the several organs of the 
abdomen were diseased. There was scarcely one but was 
affected with growths of tumours, varying in size from the 
head of a pin to the extent of a man’s fist. 
Along the whole course of the large intestines there were 
also to be seen more or less of them. 
I am at a loss to account for their presence with so 
little constitutional disturbance, but it is evident there is 
nothing malignant in their nature ; and I attribute the oedema 
entirely to their mechanical pressure upon the blood-vessels. 
With these specimens, I also send you a portion of the pos- 
