THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXXII. 
No. 374. 
FEBRUARY, 1859. 
Fourth Series. 
No. 50. 
Communications and Cases. 
TUMOUR IN THE VENTRICLE OF THE BRAIN 
OF A HORSE. 
By H. Pyatt, M.R.C.V.S., Nottingham. 
Dec. 8, 1858. 
My dear Sirs, — I have forwarded to you the brain of a 
horse, which I think is an interesting specimen of disease, 
and if you should think it worthy.of notice, I shall feel obliged 
by your giving a short account of it in The Veterinarian . 
The horse was bred by his late owner. He was a draught 
horse; and in good condition when I was called on to 
attend him in October last. It was late in the evening when 
I saw him, and I did but little that night. On the next 
morning I found him apparently well, with the exception 
that he could not masticate his food, a defect which he never 
got the better of. Subsequently to this period he had several 
attacks, each worse than the preceding one. He would, when 
seized, lie in his box as if paralysed for about twenty-four 
hours at a time, when he would get up and walk about 
again as usual. In the last attack he was down foj* two 
days, and consequently we had him destroyed. Besides the 
tumour, the ventricles of the brain contained an ounce and 
a half of serous fluid. 
Yours, &c. 
To the Editors of the c Veterinarian 
COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE CASE, BY’ ASSISTANT-PROFESSOR 
VARNELL. 
It is to be regretted that we are not favoured with a more 
detailed history of this interesting case, from the time 
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