386 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
cous membrane on the great curvature is congested, and bears several patches of deep, 
blood-red extravasation. 
Smail intestines: Red and congested throughout. The contents are small in quantity 
and dry, being collected in dry masses at considerable intervals, and partly frothy. 
The duodenum and first half of the jejunum contains twenty-two ascarides (A. Suilla), 
one extending to 11 inches in length. At different points the bowel is completely 
blocked by the rolls of these worms. 
Large intestine: llio-cxecal valve normal. Caecum and colon, like the small intestine, 
congested throughout nearly its whole extent, with patches of extravasation and ero- 
sion at intervals, but none of the characteristic sloughs nor ulcers, with thick indu- 
rated base. The czecum and upper portion of the colon contains thirteen whip-worms 
(tricocephalus crenatus), their heads firmly imbedded in the mucous membrane, and 
requiring considerable force to withdraw them. 
Liver: Small and of healthy aspect. Gall-bladder full of a dark-green, tenacious 
bile. Spleen small, black, and somewhatsoft. Pancreas normal. Mesenteric glands 
apparently little altered. Some were slightly congested. 
Kidneys: Normal. In the prepuse is a slight, fetid, concretion-like false membrane. 
On the omentum are two hydatids. 
Respiratory organs: The whole interior of the larynx is of a dull brownish-red, ex- 
cepting where covered by an extensive false membrane. Along the upper wall of the 
windpipe, where the ends of the cartilages overlap, is a false membrane about a third 
of an inch in breadth, and extending from the larynx as far as the lungs. This has a 
firm consistency, and a dirty yellowish-white color, tinged with green, and stands out 
prominently from the adjacent mucous membrane by an abrupt margin on each side. 
Under the microscope it is seen to consist of large quantities of granular matter, gran- 
ule cells, epithelial and pus corpuscles, blood globules, and numerous crystals. It also 
contains eggs of the lung-worm beneath this morbid product. 
Lungs: Whole anterior lobe of the right lung carnified, of a deep-red color, and sinks 
in water. The special bronchus for this lobe, and its divisions, are filled with a tena- 
cious mucus, but contain no worms. Several lobulettes in the anterior lobe of the 
left lung are in a similar condition. On the posterior border of each lung several lob- 
ulettes are consolidated, being of a dirty-gray color and semi-transparent. They pre- 
sent, in short, the appearance of pulmonary edema. The bronchia leading to these 
lobulettes are completely filled with a thick mucus and numerous worms (strongylus 
elongatus) and their eggs. 
The bronchial lymphatic glands appear normal. 
Blood: The blood is very black, coagulates slowly but firmly, and without buffy 
coat, and has its globules tull-sized and rounded. The right side of the heart beat, 
when touched, for nearly five hours after the death of the animal, and of its removal 
from the body. 
EXPERIMENT No. 3. 
White pig, eight weeks old; no special breed. Has been fed on raw offal at a slaughter-house. 
Temperature 2 
Date. Hour. of body. Remarks. 
Sept. 30 | 3p. m..----.- 103. 5° F.| Has just come amile in a box-wagon. 
(Oye, I enim -ease 103 
if | (Ot spanessesce 102.5 
2A ||| SE aS Seo 101.5 
33 bsacGl) ss555e6 101 
1b |\oassh05e 5cqH0alloopsgecuessoac No observations. 
Bild sp. amnee ssc 102.3 Blood taken from saphena vein for cultivation experiment; then 
inoculated with quill-point charged with liquid from diseased 
lung, five days old, from North Carolina. 
6 | 5p.m..----- 103 Slightly costive. 
i | EE rr Se 100. 75 Bowels natural, 
8 | 12 noon ..... 102.5 
93) Da. mcf. 102.5 
i) hin peineesone 103 
1Bb |) aU als aise 103 
199) Aiea sesh ee 104 ry 
13 | 12:noon ..... 103 Dung very fetid. 
14|4p.m. 104. 25 
15) A0as am ess = 102. 25 
16 Gbyszcsnos 101.5 
17 00). ssc 103. 25 
18 ad asricnes 103 
19}.:2-d0.---.52 102. 75 
AY | BebeGy ssbc55e 103 Inoculated with putrid intestinal ulcer from diseased pig in 
New Jersey. Fed a portion of same. 
21 GOreemene 100 
22 700 eas eees 101 
