THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
V °Nn X m m ’ DECEMBER, 1855. 
Fourth Series, 
No. 12. 
Communications and Cases. 
ON CANCER AS AFFECTING THE HORSE, 
By Arthur Cherry, M.R.C.V.S., Gresse Street. 
In the last number of the Veterinarian , a paper on Malig- 
nant Tumour, by Mr. Foster, of Spalding, is published, 
appended to which is a foot-note, in which it is stated that 
by a microscopical examination the deposition was shown 
to be of a cancerous nature. 
The diagnosis and treatment in this case do not admit of 
comment ; because the first is not stated in such a way that 
w^e can learn much from it ; and of the second, it may be 
remarked that the obscurity under which we labour from the 
first cause, would render any observations invidious, and 
therefore improper. 
This paper, however, brings to my recollection a case of 
cancer which came under my care some fifteen years ago, a 
short history of which may not be uninstructive, and espe- 
cially to a tyro in the practice of the veterinary art. 
I was requested to look at a small underbred cart-horse, 
which had a large swelling beneath the jaw, for which he had 
been under the treatment of one or more farriers, or quacks, 
for a long period, and while so, the enlargement had become 
greater. 
I found a tumour occupying the space between the 
rami of the lower maxillary bones, involving the sub- 
maxillary glands, and also the contiguous structures. A 
wound existed in the part, evidently the result of the appli- 
cation of some escharotic mixture, besides this, there were 
also other signs of local treatment. 
The tumour was indurated and indistinctly lobular — the 
wound had a bright or shining appearance, and but very 
little discharge came from it, and this only from the surface, 
having an ichorous character. 
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