THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXXVII. 
No. 435. 
MARCH, 1864. 
Fourth Series, 
No. til. 
Communications and Cases, 
SCROFULOUS ABSCESSES IN THE KIDNEYS 
OF A COW. 
By Professor Yarn ell, Royal Veterinary College, London. 
In the early part of January, 1864, I received from Mr. 
E. G. Crowhurst, M.R.C.Y.S., Amersham, Bucks, the kid¬ 
neys of a short-horned cow, which proved to be very in¬ 
teresting specimens of disease. They were enclosed in a large 
amount of fat, which indicated that the animal from which 
they had been taken was by no means emaciated. On removing 
them from this adipose tissue, I was particularly struck 
with their enormous size and pallid appearance; but I pur¬ 
posely abstained from making any further examination of 
them until the following weekly meeting of the Veterinary 
Association, when, agreeably to Mr. Crowhurst’s wish, I laid 
them before the members, and explained, as far as I was then 
able, the morbid changes that had taken place in those organs. 
I also read, at the same time, the following letter, which had 
been received from Mr. Crowhurst: 
Amersham. 
Mr dear Sir, —I forwarded to you yesterday a hamper containing 
two diseased kidneys which were taken from a cow, a valuable short¬ 
horn, the property of T. T. Drake, Esq., of Shordelors. The history of 
the case, as far as I can inform you, is as follows :—In the spring of last 
year, previous to my coming to this county, the cow was the subject of 
difficult labour, and my present partner, who was called to the case, being 
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