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REPORTS OF CASES. 
I was sent for to determine the cause of death. I found him 
lying upon his left side, and there was no external sign by which 
I could discern the cause of death. 
This occurred about 8 o’clock a. m. I made an autopsy at 
3 P. M. 
I severed the left fore leg from the trunk, and noticed that 
the blood was very dark and fluid ; opened the chest, and found 
the lungs and heart in health; liver, kidneys and intestines heal¬ 
thy. I then removed the head from the neck, and dissected the 
skin back over the parietal and frontal bones. As soon as. this 
was done, I noticed a large blood-clot over the right orbit, and, 
on removing the muscles, a fracture of the skull was revealed. 
There was no abrasion of the skin over the seat of injury. A 
space of clotted blood, about two inches square, was found upon 
the brain. The fracture was evidently caused by the mule hav¬ 
ing kicked him. 
OSTEO-SARCOMA. 
By the Same. 
The subject of this paper was the thoroughbred stallion 
Pacific, by Hunter’s Lexington, dam by Capt. Beard. I mention 
this to show that, in so far as I know, there has been no cancer¬ 
ous diathesis in his family. 
The notes on the case are as follows: 
On January 15th, 1887, I was requested by Major T. G. 
Barker, who purchased Pacific from Mr. Chas. D. McCoy (both 
of Charleston, S. C.) on December 1st, 1886, to prescribe for 
said horse, who, he said, had a running from the nose, which was 
thought by Mr. McCoy, whom he had consulted, to be distemper. 
I was also to visit the horse at his home, at my earliest conve¬ 
nience. Having an engagement to go to Augusta, Ga., the fol¬ 
lowing week, I was unable to see the horse until January 25th. 
At this date I noticed the following symptoms: Slight 
catarrh from both nostrils; right side of face much enlarged, in¬ 
volving the nasal, superior maxillary and zygomatic bones. The 
eye was not affected in any way, nor was there any protrusion of 
the orbit. On opening the mouth to examine the teeth, a very 
