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these organs here and there. These enlargements, which are 
sometimes as large as a hazel-nut, contrast greatly with the 
rest of the lung tissue when cut into, being of a grey colour, 
condensed and very firm. A microscopic^examination of the 
smallest portion of moisture squeezed or scraped from them 
shows the existence of an enormous quantity of ova and em¬ 
bryonic filarige. 
DEATH OF ANIMALS FROM EATING ACORNS. 
Mr. Cresswell, M.R.C.V.S., writes that, Seeing an ac¬ 
count in your valuable journal of several animals having died 
from eating acorns, I venture to make a few remarks upon these 
cases, which I hope may not be out of place. All the animals 
that have come under my notice were young stock and young 
sheep, of both sexes. In no instance was the animal more 
than twelve months old. The leading symptoms Avere akin 
to those described by your several correspondents. The first 
three animals I treated with purgatives and stimulants, but 
they proved of no avail. post-mortem examination showed 
that mortification, or a death of structure, had taken place 
in several parts of the alimentary canal, and that masses of 
half-masticated acorns were present in the stomachs. The 
other organs, Avith the exception of the liver, Avhich Avas 
enlarged and mostly pale in colour, Avere apparently healthy. 
‘‘ Finding that my treatment proved unsuccessful, I had 
recourse to the exhibition of Tinct. Opii, Spt. ^ther. Nit. 
and Tinct. Gent. Co., thrice daily, in linseed gruel. This 
proved beneficial, the result being that I only lost one more 
animal.” 
TUBERCULOUS DEPOSITS IN THE ABDOMEN 
OF A HORSE. 
Mr.W. Fenner, M.R.C.V.S., Clare, Suffolk, has forwarded 
to the College an interesting specimen of tuberculous depo¬ 
sitions Avithin the abdomen of a horse, Aveighing upon the 
whole upAvards of thirty pounds. He writes that the 
tumours varied in size from that of a pea to a cricket hall, 
and that many of the larger ones Avere attached to the intes¬ 
tines, stomach, liver, and diaphragm. Their existence Avas 
associated with ascites, from six to eight pailfuls of serous 
