THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOI.. XXXVI. 
' No. 423. 
MARCH, 1863. 
Fourth iSeries. 
N,o. {.9. 
Communications and Cases. 
CARCINOMA OF THE INTESTINES AND OTHER 
ABDOXIINAL VISCERA OF A HORSE. 
By Professor Yarn ell, Royal Veterinary College. 
In the early part of Januaiy, 1863, portions of the in* 
testines and other abdominal viscera of a horse were for¬ 
warded to the College for my inspection, by Mr. Henry Shaw, 
of Sydenham, Surrey. The nature of the disease with which 
they were affected, and its comparatively rare occurrence, 
induced me to lay the specimens before the members of the 
Veterinary Medical Association, by whom they were thought 
of considerable interest, and elicited a lengthened discussion. 
With a view to ascertain the history of this case, I wrote 
to Mr. Shaw, requesting him to furnish me with a brief out¬ 
line of the symptoms which had been observed both before 
and after he had been called upon to attend the horse. The 
following is his reply: 
Sydenham Hill; January 6, 1863. 
Sir, —The intestines that I sent you were taken from a 
horse that was fourteen years old. The owner had the animal 
over nine years, and nothing had been observed to be the matter 
with him during the whole of this time, until three weeks 
since, when he experienced a slight attack of influenza. I 
attended him for it, and he soon got better. On Saturday 
week my attention was again called to him, and I was in¬ 
formed by the coachman that he had great difficulty in 
staling. I sent the necessary medicines, and the horse soon 
obtained relief. On calling the following day, he appeared 
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