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tations of purpura, and the patient appeared to be somewhat 
relieved, soon, however, to relapse into his former condition. 
While at rest, his respiration seemed to be almost normal, with a 
regular pulse, though weak. His appetite was good; the intes¬ 
tinal and urinary functions normal, and the temperature natural, 
with an appearance of general good health. Yet the superficial 
blood vessels were dilated and the veins of the neck, chest and 
shoulder, principally the jugulars, swollen ; the glosso facial being 
so much enlarged as to interfere with taking the pulse. This 
condition of the blood vessels was more marked on the left than 
on the right side. When the animal was put to work, the enlarge¬ 
ment of the veins became greally increased, the size of the jugu¬ 
lars becoming enormous. The whole condition was aggravated 
as the exercise continued, until at length the difficulty of walking 
reached the point of inability, the trouble with the respiration 
becoming correspondingly greater, and with bleeding at the nose 
adding itself to the other manifestations, the suffering animal 
would refuse to move further. But meanwhile the pulse remained 
comparatively but little altered, and retained its regularity free 
from any interinittence, while the temperature was only slightly 
increased. 
Percussion of the chest revealed entire dullness in the lower 
part with but little resonance above—the dullness more marked 
on the left side, but existing also on the right. Auscultation dis¬ 
covered an extremely weak respiratory murmur, noticeable above, 
but absent below. The most careful examination of the heart 
failed to contribute to the formation of a positive diagnosis. The 
animal was at lengtJi destroyed and at the post-mortem examina¬ 
tion of the chest an enormous epithelial carcinomatous growth 
was found, weighing not less than thirty-four pounds. It had 
numerous and even entire pleuritic adhesions in almost the entire 
extent of the chest, which increased more and more from the 
diaphragm forward, and interfering by their size and their adhe¬ 
sions to the pericardium with the functions of the heart, and thus 
giving rise to the external trouble of the circulation. Microscopic 
examination of the neoplasm demonstrated its true carcinomatous 
nature.— Rec. de Med. Vet . 
