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upon and recovered for a deep punctured wound of the foot, 
two months before. He had resumed his work for about 
two weeks, when he was observed to be dull, carrying his 
head down, and showing some difficulty in masticating. A 
few days previously it had been observed that he walked 
with more difficulty than before. 
When admitted for treatment, these symptoms had be r 
come more marked. His movements were difficult; his legs 
staggered; he stumbled, and if his head was raised, it caused 
him to stagger and fall. In getting up he first raised his hind 
quarters, resting on his knees in the manner of a cow, remain¬ 
ing in that position until assisted and his head firmly sup¬ 
ported by assistants. Upon regaining his feet, his fore legs 
remained crossed until forced to move. The sight was good 
and seemed to be unimpaired. A melanotic growth was .sus¬ 
pected and the destruction of the animal advised. The 
owner refused his consent until the symptoms had become so 
severe that every chance of improvement had vanished. At 
the post mortem no lesion could be found on the meninges, 
nor on the surface of the brain or in the ventricles. A sec¬ 
tion, however, made in the right cerebral lobe showed under 
the cerebral convolutions, at the point of mixture of the gray 
and white substances, an elongated, ovoid tumor of the shape 
and size of a small olive, which, under microscopical examina¬ 
tion exhibited the organization of a sarcoma, containing 
numerous pigmentary black granulations.— Ibid. 
RUPTURE OF THE THORACIC PORTION OF THE (ESOPHAGUS. 
By Mr. F. Dages. 
The difficulty of diagnosticating injuries of this nature 
during life, renders this case one of unusual interest, because, 
according to the author, the lesion might have been detected 
before death. A horse had been for three days with the fol¬ 
lowing history : After a good meal of oats and hay, and hav- 
ing refused his ration of roots, he was sent to work, but being 
soon after taken ill with colic, was returned to his stable and 
treated by opiate drenches, but without producing relief. 
