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had taken place in tbe stomach itself. The mucous membrane 

 of the abomasum was slightly ulcerated in small-sized patches 

 here and there, while nearly throughout its follicles were dis- 

 tended with lymph, more especially towards the pylorus. 



The mucous membrane of the small intestines was congested, 

 the bowels themselves containing numerous flocculi of lymph. 

 Several of Peyer's glands were ulcerated. In some, arrestation 

 to this process liad taken place and the healing one had begun. 

 All these glands were covered, more or less, with a thickish layer 

 of effused lymph. The mucous membrane of the ccecum was 

 extensively ulcerated at the blind end, and throughout the 

 intestine it was thickly beset with scabs of a dirty-yellow colour. 

 Many of these scabs — the product of lymph effusions — covered 

 surfaces in which no disease could be detected. Other of the 

 scabs had ulceration going on beneath them, while under several 

 the healing process had commenced. They varied in size from 

 that of a small pea to the end of the finger. They were also of 

 different forms and thicknesses. 



The colon was in a similar condition to the coecum, as was 

 likewise the rectum to within a few inches of its termination. 

 These intestines contained no faeces, but were filled Avith a 

 fluid of a yellowish colour, in which floated many shreds of 

 lymph. The liver was healthy, but the lining membrane of the 

 gall-bladder was in a precisely similar condition to that of the 

 large intestines. The kidneys were pallid but unchanged in 

 structure. The bladder and genital organs were perfectly healthy. 

 The brain and spinal marrow gave no evidence of structural 

 change, but effusion of serous fluid had taken place into the 

 theca-vertebralis. 



Case III. 



May 7. — The animal, a very poor and weak heifer, was re- 

 ported by the sentinel on night duty at the quarantine in Kami- 

 en ica to have been observed early this morning to be giving 

 indications of the disease. The symptoms noticed by us on our 

 visit consisted in chief of spasmodic twitchings of the muscles 

 of the neck and extremities in particular, associated also with 

 general shiverings of the body at irregular intervals ; pulse 60, 

 having a sharper beat than natural ; a loathing of food ; suspen- 

 sion of rumination ; grinding teeth ; lax and copious faeces ; 

 depressed countenance, drooping eyelids, lopped ears ; staring' 

 coat ; arched back, and chilly surface of body ; the animal standing 

 with its legs gathered together under the belly. The respiration 

 Avas, however, undisturbed ; the vessels of the conjunctiva un- 

 injected, and the muzzle moist. No tenderness along the course 

 of the spine Avas evinced on the application of pressure. 



