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morning of the 22nd, when she perambulated her box almost constantly, 
moving always to the left and very unsteadily, unconscious of knocking 
her head against the walls ; pulse had fallen to 86 per minute; faeces 
firm. A strong cantharidine blister applied (on the 23rd) to the poll and 
around the base of the ears produced scarcely any result, and mustard to 
the abdomen without effect. I kept cold water applied to the head and 
wet swabs on the feet, removed the urine, and gave enemata. On the 
morning of the 23rd she fell on the near side and could not rise from it; 
insensible to the prick of a pin on the body and legs, but not on the face ; 
unconscious paroxysmal movements of the limbs occurring frequently ; 
faeces soft. On the 28th she could stand quietly, though rather un¬ 
steadily, and often for an hour at a time with her head outside the box, 
the neck pressed firmly against the lower half of the door—a most piti¬ 
ful object, with eyelids closed from oedema, the near one discharging 
sanguineous pus, and with large sores here and there over the body. 
Subsequently she gradually improved, having more command over her 
movements; ate fairly well, partaking of hay, gruel, bran, and oats, 
walking exercise twice daily being allowed. 
On July 5th she again appeared stupid, bowing her head in a corner, 
off feed, and moving about much more unsteadily than before, symptoms 
which lasted nearly a week. I again applied a blister to the poll and 
around the ears, this time producing vesication. 
On the 12th July she was furiously delirious, reeling and dashing 
about unconsciously, insensible to outward impressions, the eyes glazed 
and staring, pupils dilated, the muscles of the neck spasmodically con¬ 
tracted, pulse small and rapid, about 130 per minute, respirations irre¬ 
gular, mucous membranes intensely injected. Next day she fell and 
could not rise with help, nor could she have stood if she had been able 
to get up. All that could be done when so unmanageable was to apply 
ext. belladonna and tinct. aconite to the tongue, and keep the bedding 
about her. Destroyed by pithing. Medicinally, during the disease, I 
had given small doses of tincture of aconite, tartar emetic, and nitrate of 
potass, with the addition of calomel or aloes, or sulphate of magnesia, as 
was thought best. 
Post-mortem examination revealed hydrocephalus of the ventricles 
and base of the brain. The dura mater around the medulla (where it is 
normally pretty thick) was much thickened, soft, and pale yellow in 
colour. A tumour, racemose in appearance and of a pale red colour, 
was found attached firmly to the pia mater, stretching across the poste¬ 
rior face of the cerebellum, in the space between the cerebellum and 
medulla posteriorly, and separated from the fourth ventricle by the 
valve of Renault. Detached and placed in water it branched out like 
sea-weed. On closer examination one could readily detect three firm 
glistening portions, small and closely resembling tendons, not grating on 
section. Their composition I am not exactly aware of. 
John McFadyean, Secretary. 
WEST OF SCOTLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The usual Quarterly Meeting of this Society was held in the Veteri¬ 
nary College, Glasgow, on Wednesday, October 20th. The President, 
Professor M'Call, in the chair. 
