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SINGULARLY ENLARGED TUMOUR 
sent to London for two pounds; and its effects are equally as good 
now as when I first had it. Another consideration is, its compara¬ 
tive cheapness over aloes, as five grains are equal to one drachm of 
good aloes. I have given forty-five grains to a large horse, which 
would have taken nine drachms of aloes, and which operated freely 
in fifteen hours. I average forty grains for a carriage or gig 
horse; thirty-five grains for a saddle horse; and in proportion 
downwards; other circumstances, of course, taken into conside¬ 
ration, which need not be repeated to the veterinary practitioner. 
The simple facts I now state are the result of practice; and 
should they stimulate any of the profession to put what I have 
advanced to the test, I rightly anticipate the result. The main 
object is, to get good croton powder; which should be rather 
coarse , and of a light brown colour; as it is the croton seed 
bruised after the oil is expressed. After it has been fairly tried, 
it will, I am confident, frequently supersede aloes. 
In administering purgatives, I am a firm disciple of Mr. Blaine, 
and invariably give mild rather than full doses; and as with 
aloes so with croton: if a dose of croton physic becomes “ set” 
in eight or ten hours after it commences operating, I am generally 
satisfied ; though that is not the case with many of the profes¬ 
sion : but the object is then obtained, without leaving that debility 
which invariably follows strong aloetic purges. 
Should this be worth insertion in your next Veterinarian 
(and I leave it to your better judgment), I hope it will be fraught 
with some good. With best wishes for the welfare of the pro¬ 
fession, and the extension of circulation of The Veterinarian, 
I remain, your’s respectfully, 
W. C. 
A CASE OF SINGULARLY ENLARGED TUMOUR IN 
THE ABDOMEN OF A HORSE. 
By Mr. W. Percivall. 
A troop horse was admitted into hospital on the 29th of 
September last, for a reported “ cold.” He was at the time 
“ off his feed,” and heavy and dull in aspect; he never having 
been a very Lively animal, however, this change was not so re¬ 
markable. His pulse indicating inflammatory diathesis, though 
the respiration was not discoverably altered, eight pounds of 
blood were drawn, and some aperient (aloetic) medicine ex- 
