THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXXVI. 
No. 429. 
SEPTEMBER, 1863. 
Fourth Series. 
No. 105. 
Communications and Cases, 
A SEROUS CYST SITUATED IN THE DIAPHRAGXI, 
Bv Professor X^arnell, 
A' 
Tins specimen, ■which will be presently more particularly 
alluded to, was forwarded to me by Mr. A. Santy, M.R.C.V.S., 
Market Deeping. I shall not attempt to describe the details 
of the treatment he pursued in the case, as such would be of 
little avail, but content myself by simply extracting from his 
communication such particulars as I consider are of interest in 
relation to the diseased organ. Mr. Santy in his letter states: 
I have sent you a morbid specimen, which I think you will 
find to be of interest. It is a portion of the diaphragm of an 
aged pony, which on its return from a journey was attacked 
with symptoms of colic. This was on the 12th of June. Little 
notice, however, was taken of the animal until the 13th, when 
I was sent for. On my arrival I found the pony standing 
in one corner of his box, apparently free from all symptoms 
of colic. The heart was beating with a violent spasmodic jerk, 
and the breathing was very much embarrassed, both being 
distinctly heard by me some little distance before I reached 
the stable. On taking the pulse it was found to be seventy 
per minute. I continued to attend the pony up to the 17th, 
when it died. Very little alteration took place in the symp¬ 
toms during the animaFs illness, except their becoming much 
more aggravated. I made a jooit-mortem examination, and 
found every organ apparently in a healthy condition, with the 
exception of the diaphragm, on the right side of which the 
tumour I send for your inspection w^as placed.’^ 
The tumour consisted of a large cyst filled with nearly a 
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