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colored by adherent vegetable matter, constituting the base of the solutions of continuity. 

 The duodenum was of a dark yellow color, and the areolar tissue around it was oedematous ; 

 while the whole internal surface of the small intestines was the seat of ramified redness, 

 with marked ecchymoses scattered in large numbers throughout. Some of the blood-stained 

 spots had sloughed in their centers. The ileo-colic fold was blackened and tumefied, and 

 the longitudinal mucous folds in the colon and rectum were stained with blackened blood 

 extravasations. The liver and gall bladder, to all appearances in a healthy state, weighed 

 nineteen pounds. The spleen, of a dark color, with a deep red pulp which oozed out of 

 incisions made through the capsule, weighed five pounds and four ounces. The kidneys 

 weighed two pounds, but, with the exception of urine of a port-wine color in the pelvis of 

 each, appeared sound. The bladder was distended with bloody urine, but its coats were of 

 a healthy color. The cranial contents appeared unusually vascular, but otherwise healthy. 

 The spinal cord was not examined. 



Observation VI, August 6, 1868. Three-year-old cow; the property of G. F. Byers, 

 of Sodorus. Died the night previous to the examination. No cadaveric rigidity. Decom 

 position commenced. On removing the skin it was found that effusion had taken place 

 under the sternum. The organs of respiration were found healthy. The heart was some 

 what softened from incipient decay; both outer and inner surface were the seat of cadaveric 

 blood-staining. The entire alimentary canal was found normal, and free from congestion, 

 ecchymoses, or erosions. The liver also was sound. The spleen, much enlarged, probably 

 four times its natural size, was softened at its base, and blood had flowed freely out during 

 the life of the animal, as clots and liquid blood dropped out of the peritoneum when it 

 was first opened. The kidneys were normal, and the bladder wonderfully distended by 

 clear-colored urine. It is worthy of note that this cow had been noticed to be sick for 

 two days, but discharged clear urine on the evening of the 5th, and did not then appear 

 in a dying state. She succumbed suddenly and unexpectedly during the night; and, as 

 the post-mortem indicated, from hemorrhage from the spleen. 



Observation VII, August 7, 1868. Steer; the property of Mr. P. Harris, of Cham 

 paign. Organs of respiration healthy. General aspect of heart normal. Right cavities 

 containing a little blood, and free from ecchymoses. On the fleshy pillars of the left ventricle 

 there were marked and diffused extravasations of blood. The anterior part of the alimen 

 tary canal, as far down as the third stomach, was quite normal. The fourth stomach was 

 slightly reddened; and, at the cardiac end, the folds were studded with small, yellowish 

 eminences, as described in a previous case. The pyloric end was the seat of marked and 

 numerous erosions. The intestinal tract was quite healthy, with the exception of slight 

 redness of the mucous surface of the small intestine. The liver and gall bladder were 

 normal. The spleen was at least twice its natural size, of a dark color, and softened struc 

 ture. The kidneys were dark-colored from congestion, and the bladder was very much dis 

 tended with urine of port-wine color. On severing the head from the neck, it was found 

 that around the dura mater, in the foramen magnum, there was an exudation of yellowish 

 lymph, studded with numerous confluent petechia? of a very dark color. On removing 

 the brain it was found of normal consistence. The spinal cord in the dorsal and the lum 

 bar region was reddened, especially in the posterior horns of its gray matter. 



Observation VHI, August 7, 1868. Steer; also the property of Mr. P. Harris, of 

 Champaign. Killed for the purpose of dissection. Organs of respiration healthy through- 



