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A TUMOUR IN THE LATERAL VENTRICLE OF 
HORSE, &c. 
By R. Pritchard, M.R.C.V.S., Wolverhampton. 
In the report of the meeting of the West of Scotland 
Veterinary Medical Association, in the October number of 
your Journal, are some remarks by Professor McCall, of the 
Veterinary College, Edinburgh, on the physiology of the 
brain, and, in illustration of his views, he relates a case of 
tumour in the left lateral ventricle of a cow, which is verv 
interesting. The talented and ingenious observations gave 
me much pleasure on reading them, and brought to mind a 
case of tumour in the lateral ventricle of a horse , recorded in 
my own case-book, which I forward to you just as it is writ¬ 
ten, without correction or further comment, not having had 
any intention of its being published. It is a plain register 
of the event. 
1845, Feb. 3.—A cart-gelding, eight or nine years old, in 
tolerable good condition, the property of a Mr. Tandy, a 
respectable farmer and horse-dealer in this neighbourhood, 
was seized, while at work, about 10 o’clock, a.m., apparently 
quite suddenly, with giddiness and thrusting his head for¬ 
wards, so as to threaten falling at every step. The wag¬ 
goner got him home, a short distance, with considerable diffi¬ 
culty. After getting him into the stable he staggered, and ap¬ 
peared quite insensible to everything that was done to him, 
resting his head heavily against the front of the stall. In 
this state the owner bled him, to the amount of four quarts, 
by which time I arrived to his assistance, about 12 m. 
His pulse was 48, distinct, somewhat oppressed, and without 
force ; his head was hanging low, and the jugular veins dis¬ 
tended with blood ; his muzzle, right side of the face, eye¬ 
lids, and roots of the ears, oedematous, tumefied, and tender, 
from falling and bruising himself; the pupils were natural, 
not being at all dilated; the conjunctiva injected, and the 
membrane covering the septum nasi was of a dark blue 
colour, from venous congestion beneath it; the respiration 
was tranquil, and without stertor. When requested to move 
he paid no attention, and on being forced to do so he 
threatened to fall. I managed to get him up to the manger, 
from which he had receded, so as to keep his head upon a 
level with his body, and to obtain a free return of blood 
through the jugulars to the heart. In this situation he sup- 
