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attached to the tumour as it reached us, and these showed 
that the coats of these organs were thickened to about double 
their normal substance. 
On slitting up the duodenum the mucous membrane was 
found to be extensively diseased, and a large ulcerous opening 
to exist, which communicated with the interior of the fibrinous 
mass. A large portion of the effused fibrine had become 
organised, but other portions had degenerated into pus, 
which was dark in colour and exceedingly foetid. The cysts 
which contained the purulent matter appeared to freely com¬ 
municate with each other, and from one of these the pus 
had escaped, through the opening we have spoken of, into 
the duodenum. 
We must date the commencement of this disease back to 
the time of the supposed attack of spasmodic colic, than 
which in its nature nothing could be more different. Consi¬ 
dering the character of the affection and the importance of 
the organs involved, it is remarkable that the animal bore up 
so long, and that the symptoms were so ambiguous as to 
lead to the idea he was suffering chiefly from worms. 
An accurate history of this case would have been exceed¬ 
ingly instructive, and we much regret that Mr. Howell has 
been unable to supply this.J 
" GRASS-STAGGERS ” SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN 
“ LEAD-POISONING.” 
By A. J. McIntosh, Veterinary Student, Edinburgh. 
Gentlemen, —It is with the greatest reluctance that I 
again trouble the readers of the Veterinarian with a subject 
which I am sure possesses but little general interest; but I 
feel myself called upon to say a few words in self-defence, in 
reply to Mr. Storrer’s article, which appeared in a late 
number of your journal. Mr. Storrer states that he has a 
serious charge to bring against me, viz., that I do not 
truthfully quote his words with reference to a phrase in 
your September number, “ literature of twelve or fourteen 
years’ standing.” I cannot see any foundation for such a 
charge. The statement I made being, that Mr. Storrer in¬ 
sinuated that he had had tw'eive or fourteen years’ experience 
in veterinary literature, and I cannot yet look upon his 
words in any other light. It must have been very evident to 
Mr. Storrer that I could not have had twelve or fourteen years 5 
