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the latter it was three-quarters of an inch. The colour in 
general was that of a pale, patchy lake-red; but at the neck 
it was a darker red, where in one place it had grown to the 
extraordinary thickness of 1J inch through, and contained 
within its secreting cavity, a dingy-looking, thin, purulent 
matter. The tumour weighed, in its empty condition, 2 lbs. 
13 oz. Altogether it was an extraordinary specimen of 
morbid growth to be found in the situation in which it was. 
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In bringing this subject again under the notice of the 
veterinary public, it will be well to begin with the following: 
Extracts from proof for Pursuer.—In cause Anthony A. Smith 
v. Jas. Rainnie, Sheriffs Court , Aberdeen , 1850. 
Robert Middleton, a flesher, purchased the cow for the 
pursuer. He saw nothing wrong about her at that time, 
except that she was lean, which is a fault in a cow when too 
near the calving. Two or three weeks after the purchase, he 
saw the cow in pursuer’s byre, she was then lean, and not so 
healthy looking as when he bought her. 
George Falconer was employed by the purchaser to bring 
the cow to his premises, which he did. He states that the 
cow was brought safely to pursuer’s byre, although she 
appeared to be somewhat fatigued. He describes her as a 
strong lean animal, and quite out of condition. 
William Lowe saw the cow immediately after the pur¬ 
chase. She was lean, very lean to be a cow in calf. He was 
present when the cow calved. The calf died a few days after 
birth. He saw the cow, perhaps, once every three days. 
For six weeks she was apparently in good health, but still 
continued lean. Then her appetite failed her, and she got 
thinner and thinner every da}^. He saw good food given to 
the cow, which was calculated to fatten her; but although 
she appeared to revive now and then, there was a visible loss 
of appetite, and some difficulty in breathing, as if the cow’s 
lungs were affected. The pursuer then began to treat the 
cow with medicine, but continued her food as before : he 
assisted the pursuer in this, and the medicines were given 
daily with gruel, but without effect. Latterly she got porter 
to drink, and some weeks before she died it was given daily. 
