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“ Examination post-mortem . — Peritoneum highly inflamed — about three 
gallons of blood collected in the belly, in the middle of which was discovered 
an immense tumour, weighing fifty-six pounds ; being a diseased ovarium, 
into which the cornua uteri were continued. The Fallopian tube had two 
or three little lumps of glandular structure much indurated, most probably 
portions of the ovarium. It was the right or off-side ovarium, and the dis- 
ease was principally situate on that side. 
‘‘The immediate cause of the animal’s death was the effusion of blood into 
the cavity of the belly from a number of small points on the surface of the 
tumour, which, internally, consisted of a central, firm, or scirrhous nucleus, 
from which a number of membranous bags passed out on every side in a ra- 
diated manner, each bag containing blood ; but the tumour itself was per- 
fectly organized. The Fallopian tube terminated at this nucleus. 
“The tumour lay on the mouth of the pelvis, but did not compress the 
bladder, as the mare was not affected with incontinence of urine.” 
The cases of lithotomy, which we regret our limits will not 
permit us to transcribe, will be read with great interest by all 
practical veterinarians. 
One case more, and we must finally conclude. 
“ A grey gelding, bought for the Duchess of M. to ride, a very fine horse, 
and which she refused 300 guineas for, became at length so vicious from the 
tricks taught by her groom, that he would kick when her ladyship got on his 
back, and she was unable to ride him. The evil continued to increase till 
neither the groom himself nor any body else could ride him ; with this 
character he was sold at Tattersall’s for 35 guineas, or thereabouts, and 
was bought by three young gentlemen. They took him into Rotten Row, 
each mounted in his turn, but was immediately unhorsed. They then took 
him to Choppin’s, who had at that time George, a man whom no horse could 
kick down, requesting that he might be permitted to try. The man con- 
sented, and, having put on one of their bridles and saddles, rode the horse 
away, kicking in a most furious manner, but incapable of throwing him down. 
He gallopped him two or three times up Rotten Row, got off, shifted the 
saddle, got on again, and rode him once or twice more without the animal 
offering to kick in the least. The young gentlemen mounted, and rode him 
very easily, and were well satisfied with the breaker ; but he, anxious for a 
farewell gallop, to which they consented, rode him up Rotten Row and back 
again, three-parts speed, and pulled him sharp up on the bridge by the Ser- 
pentine, where they were standing. On the horse moving two or three paces 
they observed him limp, and then go excessively lame. He was brought 
here, and the large pastern of the near fore leg found broken : as be was a 
valuable horse, and this being a simple fracture, it was thought worth the 
trial. A man who sat up with him all night, about four o’clock in the morn- 
ing, going into the stable to see him, observed the tail very low, and on look- 
ing into the stall, saw his hind foot turned up backwards. Mr. Moorcroft 
and my father were called up, and found that both metatarsal bones were 
fractured, the upper extremity of each sticking through the skin, and the 
horse standing on them. He was destroyed. It was inferred, that both the 
metatarsal bones were fractured at the same time with the large pastern of 
the near fore leg, and that the horse having lain down, had made extra- 
ordinary exertion to get up again, by which the simple fissures in these 
bones had become converted into compound fractures ; and this was further 
corroborated by finding the large pastern bone of the off fore leg also frac- 
tured in the same manner as the near.” 
