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involving the whole of the limb down to the hock, and up. 
wards to the haunch and anus. Defalcation was performer 
with difficulty, paraphymosis existed, emaciation progressec 
apace, and the appetite became completely suspended. Ir 
addition, the countenance became Hippocratic, and symp 
toms of broncho-pneumonia made their appearance. 
On the 2<d of October I accompanied Mr. Reid, Sr., on £ 
visit to the case; and as 1 agreed with the diagnosis whicf 
had been previously arrived at, viz., that the swelling of tht 
limb was due to the existence of some malignant diseas< 
(probably sarcoma), the horse was destroyed. At this tim< 
the horse walked with the greatest difficulty, the toe of th< 
foot being dragged for some little distance with the fetlocl 
flexed, the leg ultimately being extended with a spas 
modic jerk. 
Autopsy. —Revealed an enormous sarcomatous mass ex 
tending from the middle of the thigh to the pelvis , and oj 
laying open the pelvis it was found that the sacro-lumba 
group of lymphatic glands had become involved in the dis 
eased process, the whole forming a large tumor. 
Disseminated new growths existed in the various abdomi 
nal organs, and in the lungs and mediastinal lymphatij 
glands .—Journal of Coni . Pathol . and Ther . 
CEREBRAL APOPLEXY IN COW. 
By the same. 
Subject. — Milch cow recently calved and purchased 
fortnight before symptoms of illness appeared. 
January 31, 1892, I was requested by the owner of th 
animal to visit the cow, “ as she had suddenly become ver 
strange.” 
Symptoms presented were, the head elevated, neck rigi 1 
and drawn a little upwards and backwards, persistent doubli 
nictitation, smacking of the mouth, insensibility of pupils ( 
eyes to artificial light, rigidity of fore legs. Animal quit 
conscious and showed no signs of nervous perturbation on a 
examination being made of the mouth, nor, subsequently, c 
