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out. Heart slightly ecchymosed on the outer surface of the ventricles. The right side 

 contained a small quantity of fluid blood, with slender clots somewhat adherent to the 

 auriculo-ventricular valves. Left ventricle empty and healthy. Pharynx, gullet, the first 

 and the second stomach, healthy. The third stomach impacted with dry food. The fourth 

 stomach of a deep red color over its cardiac folds, and studded somewhat with small, gray 

 ish eminences of the size of ordinary pins heads. The mucous surface of the pyloric end, 

 wherever it was whole, was of normal color ; hut it was freely spotted with very distinct 

 erosions of irregular shape, dark in the center ; and the largest of these was on the pyloric 

 gland, and extending on the transverse fold at the pyloric opening. The duodenum, and 

 indeed the entire small intestine, was found with the mucous surface congested. The 

 caecum, colon, and rectum, throughout their entire length, were reddened within, and ecchy- 

 moses were freely distributed over their whole interior. The liver and gall bladder were 

 normal. The spleen was dark colored, soft, and thrice its natural size. The kidneys were 

 somewhat congested, and the urinary bladder, though presenting no abnormal appearance 

 of its coats, was distended with bloody urine. 



Observation IX, August 8, 1868. Small two-year-old steer; the property of Mr. 

 Frank Peters, Scott Township, six miles west of Champaign; had died the previous night, 

 and presented the somewhat unusual appearance of dried, clotted drops of blood, each about 

 the size of an ordinary drop of water, freely distributed over the neck, flanks, body, and 

 limbs. Organs of respiration healthy. Heart beginning to decompose, but showing no signs 

 of disease. First three stomachs healthy. The fourth stomach was slightly reddened at 

 its cardiac end ; but its folds were thickly studded with small, grayish eminences, having 

 the general appearance of a vesicular eruption. The color of the mucous surface of the 

 pyloric antrum was healthy, with the exception of two small, irregular erosions. The 

 small and the large intestine were entirely free from congestion or other indications of 

 disease. The liver and gall bladder were sound, and weighed eleven pounds. The 

 spleen was freely ecchymosed on its surface, soft and enlarged, weighing three and a half 

 pounds. The kidneys were dark colored, and beginning to decompose. The bladder 

 was healthy and much distended with bloody urine. The brain and spinal cord were 

 healthy. 



Observation X, August 8, 1868. Four-year-old cow, belonging to the same pro 

 prietor as the last steer. On opening the chest it was found that the lungs collapsed im 

 perfectly; and that on their dorsal aspect, especially of their posterior lobes, there was 

 very marked interlobular emphysema. The external aspect of the heart was normal. 

 The right cavities were full of dark blood, and indicated cadaveric blood- staining of the 

 endocardium. The left ventricle, also, contained much dark blood; and its free wall, as 

 well as the columns earner, was extensively ecchymosed. The first three stomachs were 

 healthy. The fourth was the seat of ramified redness on the mucous folds, at the cardiac 

 end; and numerous punctiform eminences of yellowish color gave the eruptive appearance 

 noticed in previous post-mortem examinations. The pyloric end was normal, and free 

 from erosions. Both the large and the small intestine were quite normal. The liver was 

 swollen as the result of decomposition, and the gall bladder was distended with normal 

 bile. The spleen, of a dark purplish tint and friable structure, weighed five pounds. 

 The kidneys were congested, and the urinary bladder distended with bloody urine. On 



