434 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Spleen : Small — a little puckered at the edges. 



Kidneffs : Very pale ; firm and resistant, as if tliey liad undergone librous degenera- 

 tion. 



EXPERIJIEXT No. 9. 



Eat killed Feljruary IS, 1879. — Post-mortem examination immediately after death. 



Giiltural glands: Mottled with red and dark lines. Inguinal glands of a brownish 

 red. 



Right lung : Firm and gorged with blood. Left lung nearly natural. Liver deeply 

 naottlod with pur))lo. 



Spleen : Excessively large and gorged Avith blood. 



£idnei;s : Cortical substance of a very dark red ; dk aullary substance, pale. 



Suhlumbar hjmnhatic glands: Enlarged and pigmonted. 



EXPERIMEXT No. 10. 

 White male pig. 



Dates. 



o Y. 

 103. 75 



103. 75 

 103.5 

 103.5 

 102 

 104 



104. 25 

 104 



103. 75 

 103. 25 

 103. 25 

 103 

 102. 75 

 102.5 

 102.25 



102.5 

 102. 75 



102. 5 

 102.75 

 102.75 

 103 

 103.25 



103. 50 

 103. 75 

 103. 25 

 102.75 

 102.5 

 102. 25 

 102. 25 

 102 

 102.25 

 102 

 102. 25 



Eemarks. 



Inoculated to-day with the congested and reddened lymphatic glands 

 and congested lungs of a rat (Xo. 9> which showed le.sions coito- 

 spouding to those of the swiuo fe^'er. The infecting matters were 

 inaerted in a pouch farmed under the true skin. 



Is very uneasy. Molasse8-like exudation on ears and legs. 

 Exudation increased and extended over nearly the whole body. 



Exudation drying np. 

 Shows much uneasiness. 



Killed by bleeding March 11. — Post-mortem examination immediately after death. 



SUn : Inside both thighs extending doAvn to the hocks are discolored spots and 

 patches, not effaceable by pressure. The molasses-liko exudation on the skin is nearly 

 dry on the body, but still soft and unctuous on the legs. 



Digestive organs : Tongue healthy. Guttural lymphatic glands enlarged and pig- 

 mented. 



Stomach: Has its mucous membrane mottled of a dark-purplish brown on its great 

 curvature. 



Duodcnnm: Slightly congested in its upper portion. Remainder of the small mtes- 

 tines present patches of slight inflammation. Uio-csecal valve normal. 



Large iniestinea : Present small globular elevations like enlarged solitary glands. 

 These are especially abundant in the colon. 



The duodenal hjmphatic glands : Of a deep red, almost black. Mesenteric lymphatic 

 glands enlarged and deeply pigmented. Sublumbar lymphatic glands and the in- 

 guinal are fiimilarlv enlarged and pigmented. 



Spleen : Normal, except Ithat it is very firm and puckered along its border. 



Liver : Firm. Patches of purple discoloration are seen, espocially at the borders. 

 Gall bladder full ; bile of a bright-yellowish green. 



Kidneys : Nearly normal. Cortical substance a little pale. 

 , Urinarii Harder : Full. Density of urino 1036. 



