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was highly inflamed. Omentum quite black. Thorax: the 
lungs were pale and flabby, as was also the heart. 
It appears, from what I could learn, that this horse was pur¬ 
chased in May Fair, on the 2d of January last; that on the 
next day he was observed to point the near fore leg out before 
him, as far as he could reach. About a week afterwards he 
began to cough, which lasted for two or three days. On the 
10th he ceased feeding, and ever after would take nothing 
except a little drink. About the 13th he got up and down 
frequently, as if labouring under some abdominal pain; but 
next day these symptoms disappeared, and up to the time 
of his dissolution there was nothing in his symptoms to lead 
those that were about him to determine as to the seat of disease. 
Such, Sir, is the account I got from the owner of the state of the 
horse, after coming into his possession. What medicine he got 
I know not, as 1 did not attend him. As an old subscriber to 
your valuable periodical, may I take the liberty of asking you, 
if, in your opinion, this horse was diseased at the time of pur¬ 
chase ? Was the liver the primary seat of disease, or was the 
pointing of the leg in any way connected with the diseased 
liver ] 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
G. M. Marshall. 
To W. Percivall, Esq. 
*** The disease whereof the horse died evidently was peritoneal 
gangrene, with ascites, a precursor of which was, apparently, 
the disease of the liver. It is probable hepatic disease did 
exist at the time of purchase; though problematical that 
the pointing of the leg was a symptom thereof. The eschar 
in the stomach might have been produced by caustic medicine, 
and so might the disease in the caecum and colon.— Ed. Vet. 
ADVENTITIOUS PRODUCTS IN THE CHOROID 
PLEXUSES OF THE HORSE. 
By Mr. John Gamgee. 
The following is a description of a specimen of disease of 
the choroid plexuses found in the brain of a horse. There is no 
history of the case prior to death, inasmuch as the brain was 
procured from the slaughterman for dissection. 
