EDITORIAL REMARKS. 
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examination bv eve and hand had failed to elicit. “ Seeing the 
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a°je and colour o:' the horse," savs Mr. Mavhew, “ mv hand was 
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immediately directed to the anus and tail." And then it was that 
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he saw reason to include in his opinion “ the probability that it 
i the tumour would prove melanotic." ‘- There was, however," 
continues Mr. May hew, -one fact which justified expectation that 
it was not of the worst character; for I had not known, read, or 
heard that this disease had ever attacked the part (the hip) on 
iy>r a little anterior to ) which this enlargement was placed. Still, 
there was no portion of the body which might not be involved, 
and the tumour at the base of the tail made me fear the horse was 
addicted by the disease to which age and colour predisposed it." 
It is to the first part of the last sentence and the latter part of 
the preceding one that we would, on the present occasion, in par¬ 
ticular. call attention ; it so happening that we have now lying 
upon our table the outlines of a fatal case of the disease in ques¬ 
tion (melanosis'. shewing almost every part of the body in a me¬ 
lanotic condition, which we are at liberty to publish; although 
we are forbidden by our old and respected correspondent—and he 
must excuse us if we add, we hardly know for what reason—from 
connecting his name with the highly instructive history. 
The subject of the present case was “ an old white mare*." 
Last month March brought us intelligence of the old mare’s 
death. Our professional friend had a long and cold ride to make 
an inspection of her body, and had to make it under most un¬ 
favourable circumstances, the ground being at the time “clad with 
snow, and the instruments at hand for the purpose any thing but 
such as he should have desired : under which circumstances he 
craves our indulgence for the imperfectness of his account. His 
report runs thus: — 
“ After receiving your kind replies to my inquiries, the mare 
grew rapidly worse. Her gait became staggering, and whenever 
anv attempt was make to turn her quickly round, it required great 
exertion on her part to sustain herself lest she fell; and it was with 
great difficulty she rose up after lying down. Still, she fed well 
and maintained her condition. On the 27th February I saw her 
for the last time, when 1 recommended that she should be shot. 
This was not done at the time, however, but shortly afterwards ; 
* Whose history we unfortunately have somehow or other lost or mislaid. 
