TUMOUR IN THE BRAIN OF A HORSE. 
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plunging violently about the box. I again put him into 
slings; but as he would not rest in them, I had very soon 
to take him out again. 
27 th.—He has been tolerably quiet during the night, 
and had stood with his head resting against the wall. He 
takes a little clover and a few carrots. The bowels are 
not acting, and, consequently, I removed the faeces, threw 
up injections, and likewise gave five drachms of cathartic 
mass. 
28th.—Not so well. More excited. Refuses to take anv- 
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thing. Stands with his head pressing against the wall. 
29 th.—Much the same. Head more swollen, from press¬ 
ing it against the wall. Pulse increased to 75, and feeble. 
Breathing slow and heavy. No action of the bowels, al¬ 
though the faeces are soft. 
On this visit I was accompanied by my old college friend, 
Mr. John Markham, of Rugby, who agreed in my opinion 
that some pressure on the brain was the cause of all the 
mischief, and that but little hope could be entertained of 
a favorable result. 
We attempted to relieve the head by opening the facial 
veins, and applying tepid water frequently to the swollen 
parts. 
30th.—All the symptoms are more aggravated. Refused 
everything, and will not bear to be moved back from the wall. 
There is also no action of the bowels. Towards the after¬ 
noon he became so much worse that the owner determined 
to have him destroyed. 
October 1st.—I made arrangements to have the horse 
brought to Lichfield, that I might make a post-mortem exami¬ 
nation, but I had no opportunity of doing so before Thurs¬ 
day morning. All the abdominal and thoracic viscera were 
healthy. On removing the head at the occiput about an 
ounce of a coffee-coloured fluid escaped on cutting through 
the theca vertebralis. After detaching the head I removed 
the frontal bones, and on sawing through them on the 
near side, I unfortunately opened what appeared to be an 
abscess, when about an equal quantity of a similar coloured 
fluid escaped. On lifting up the bone I found the brain so 
much diseased that I at once determined to forward it for 
your inspection, the case being a very interesting one, and, I 
presume, also one of rare occurrence. 
It should be observed there was never any symptom of 
paralysis from the first of the animal’s illness up to the 
time he was destroyed. It is also not a little remarkable 
that he should get so much better as to go on satisfactorily 
