336 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Oct. 



No. 2. Heifer Felice. Same as No. 1. Considerable 

 masses of stellurin. 



Remarks, Same as No. 1. 



No. 3. Cow, Nell of Vale. Same as No. 1 save the 

 presence of large rheumatic fibrin filaments. 



Remarks. Same as No. 1. 



No. 4. Cow Princess. Same as No. 1 save that there 

 were skeins of fibrin filaments. 



No. 5 Cow Butter<;up. Normal. 



No. 5 Cow Bramble. Normal. 



No. 7 Cow Clover. Masses of vinegar yeast, myco- 

 derma aceti. Behaviour of red corpuscles normal. 



Remarks. This cow proved tuberculous. 



No. 8 Bull Thesus. Same as No. 1 save the presence 

 of fibrin filaments. 



No. 9 Heifer Kate. Normal except fibrin filaments 

 and crystals. Rheumatism. 



No. 10 Heifer Melia. Normal. 



Summary. 116 Kine. 



Tuberculosis was found in four cases ; rheumatism in 

 twenty-six cases ; thrombosis in four cases ; signs of 

 fatty degeneration, three cases ; blue and green pigments 

 same as in fatty and fibroid degeneration in man, one 

 case. The object of these examinations was to find out 

 how the blood of so-called healthy kine appeared to one 

 who had studied the morphology of human blood for 

 thirty years. The presence of crystals of stellurine, 

 triple phosphates of lime, magnesia and soda, etc., of 

 rigid, ropy, sticky, red corpuscles ; of massive fibrin fila- 

 ments which are found in thrombosis and embolism ; of 

 free oil and pigment ; was an unexpected surprise. A 

 very interesting, important and practically useful field 

 thus is opened for veterinary exploration and study. 

 Cattle die suddenly of heart diseases, thrombosis, fatty 

 heart, etc. 



