ON POLYPI OF THE NOSTRILS. 031 
have been on the very brink of the grandest discoveries, without 
the slightest suspicion of that which posterity has acknowledged 
to be the plain and inevitable consequence of certain theories and 
facts.—E dit. 
AN UNUSUAL COLLECTION OF TUMOURS IN TIIE 
ABDOMEN AND THORAX OF A HORSE. 
By Mr. Benj. Ferraby, Bounty Lincolnshire. 
On the 7th ultimo I was called to attend a roan coach-horse, 
(Jocko), fourteen years old, the property of Lord Willoughby de 
Eresby, that had been sent down from London, where he had for 
some time been under the care of Mr, Mavor, who, as I was in¬ 
formed by his lordship’s groom, had treated him for diseased kid¬ 
neys, since the animal had frequently discharged bloody urine. 
He had been most rapidly wasting, and was now sadly ema¬ 
ciated. 
On my arrival I found him turned to grass; the pulse and re¬ 
spiration was natural, and he seemed to be free from pain, except 
when discharging his urine, which was not then tinged w’itli 
blood. I did not give any medicine, for I was willing to hope 
that change of living might afford him some relief; but although 
apparently healthy in every other respect, he continued to waste 
with even increased rapidity. Yesterday his lordship ordered him 
to be shot. I am sorry that I was not present when they began 
to open him, but as soon as' the groom discovered the extraordi¬ 
nary appearance of his inside, I w r as sent for. The right kidney 
was enormously enlarged, and seemed to be enveloped in or to 
constitute a tumour forty-two pounds in weight. The pancreas, 
liver, and diaphragm, were covered with tumours attached by pe¬ 
dicles, varying from one ounce to seven pounds in weight. One 
large polypus w r as attached to the diaphragm, within the thorax; 
and the w hole, when collected, weighed llOlbs., or 7 stone 121t>s. 
Oct. 4, 1831. 
ON POLYPI OF THE NOSTRILS IN THE 
DOMESTCATED ANIMALS. 
% T. 
By a polypus I mean an excrescence or tumour, varying in 
size, structure, and consistence, attached by a pedicle to a mu¬ 
cous surface. Portions of adipose matter, enlarged glandular 
bodies, and sarcomatous tumours of different kinds, are occa- 
