ANTHRAX AND ANTHRACOID DISEASES. 161 



death by septicgemia. I have also seen this condition in a suck- 

 ing calf. 



In true splenic apoplexy the spleen is often much enlarged, 

 broken down in structure, and its capsule distended with a mass 

 of tar-like blood. If one end of the organ be elevated, it will 

 be seen that the blood will gravitate into the most dependent 

 part, showing that the splenic tissue is disintegrated, and that 

 the blood is more or less fluid. 



Death from splenic fever is very sudden ; in many instances 

 an animal seen a few hours before apparently in good health 

 is found dead, death having apparently occurred without a 

 struggle. If, however, the disease is not so rapid in its course, 

 it may be noticed that there are various alternations in the 

 symptoms ; in some instances an animal will be unwell for 

 several days, suffering from a remittent fever ; one day very ill, 

 with rapid, feeble pulse, hurried and painful breathing, red and 

 injected eyes, hot mouth, irregularity of the bowels, and redness 

 of the urine. After continuing for some hours these symptoms 

 may subside, and the animal commence to eat and ruminate. 

 The febrile symptoms, however, often return, and in the end the 

 sufferer too often succumbs. 



In another form of anthrax without external tumours, the 

 most prominent sign, in addition to the general disturbance, is 

 the passage from the bowels of quantities of dark-coloured 

 blood ; and the disease is then denominated enteric or ahdo- 

 tninal charbon, the 'post-morte'ni characteristics being conges- 

 tion of the intestinal mucous membrane, more particularly of 

 the small intestines, which are covered with petechial spots, 

 with incipient ulceration in their centres, extravasation of dark- 

 coloured blood into the canal, and very often extravasations into 

 the sublumbar areolar tissue ; the fatty mass surrounding the 

 kidneys being loaded with extravasated blood, in a disin- 

 tegrated, broken-down, tarry, semi-fluid condition, or covered 

 with petechiae. 



GENERAL SHOW OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, HELD AT PERTH IN 1887. 



The sixtieth Show of the Society took place at Perth on the 

 26th, 27th,".28th, and 29th July. The Society had met at Perth 

 on six previous occasions, namely, in 1829, 1836, 1852, 1861, 

 1871, and 1879. 



At an Emergency Meeting of the Directors held on the 29th 

 June, it was resolved, owing to pleuro-pneumonia, that cattle 

 should be excluded from the Show. In all other respects the 



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