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OBITUARY-MR. JOHN FIELD. 
of the way from the anterior termination of the septum medium 
(the corpus callosum) there existed a round tumour, embedded 
between the two lobes of the brain, about the size of a pullet^s 
e^g. Its parietes were thick, its nature fibrous; and it w’as 
filled with a homogeneous, viscid, and yellow fluid. 
The anterior portion of this tumour adhered to the septum me¬ 
dium, and its superior part was attached to the parietal protuber¬ 
ance. It was attached to these parts by a dense hard tissue. 
The lateral ventricles were filled with an abundance of serosity ; 
the plexus choroides were of a violet colour, and very much 
injected. 
Journal Theorjque et Pratique* 
The mourn’d —the lov’d— the lost! — Childe Harold. 
Mr. JOHN FIELD. 
There are no persons more painfully reminded of the truth 
of the old adage, that “ time and tide wait for no man,” than the 
editors of a periodical; and the moment had arrived when the 
printer was eagerly and angrily expecting the last page of our 
journal for June, ere we were enabled to collect sufficient ma¬ 
terials to form an obituary worthy of him, a sketch of whose 
veterinary career we now purpose to give. 
Mr. John Field was born on the 6th of September, 1768. His 
father and his grandfather were veterinary practitioners, and as 
good ones as those days could produce ; and if there be truth, 
as truth there is, in hereditary predisposition, and much farther 
than we sometimes suspect, the love of veterinary practice formed, 
as it were, an inseparable part of his composition. 
He remained in the country until he was nearly twenty-five 
years of age, and then, the Veterinary College having been re¬ 
cently established, he came to town, and entered it in July 1793, 
and became a resident pupil there. 
He brought with him the advantage which a mere country 
school could afford, and that which was of far more importance, 
a determination to prepare himself for the arduous duties of his 
profession. He was the fellow-pupil of Bloxham, Clark, Law¬ 
rence, Mills, and Nash; and he distinguished himself by his 
close attention to practical anatomy. He was one of the best 
