THE SPLENIC FEVER. 1()3 



with ecchymoses, as seen in the illustration. The bladder was filled with dark urine. The 

 mucous lining was dotted all over with small, vermilion, punctiform ecchymoses, as delin 

 eated in plate. The uterus was studded over its horns with small ecchymotic spots, sim 

 ilar to those on the inner surface of the bladder, as indicated by plate. The cerebral 

 meninges were slightly congested, and the arachnoid sac contained an excess of scrum. 

 The gray matter of the medulla oblongata was reddened. On cutting into the cerebellum 

 its gray centers were found ecchymosed, and similar well-marked extravasations of blood 

 existed in the gray matter of the crura cerebri. In other respects the brain appeared 

 healthy. 



Observation XIII, August 12, 1868. Red and white cow; the property of Mr. 

 King, of Bridgeport ; was killed by effusion of blood. The organs of respiration were 

 found healthy. The heart was of normal size, but slightly ecchymosed at the apex, and 

 the outer surface of the left auricular appendix was of a uniform dark blood color, as seen 

 in plate. The organs of deglutition and the rumen were healthy. The mucous membrane of 

 the reticulum was throughout of a dull, port-wine color. The third stomach was normal. 

 The fourth stomach was the seat of diffuse redness throughout, with an irregular abrasion 

 near the pylorus. The small intestine was reddened in every part, and the large intes 

 tine ecchymosed in the caecum, and toward the end of the rectum. The liver and gall 

 bladder were healthy. The spleen was at least four times its natural size, of a dark purplish 

 tint, and its structure disintegrated. The kidneys were dark colored and congested. The 

 bladder was enormously distended with bloody urine. The brain and its meninges gave 

 signs of intense congestion, and the puncta vasculosa of the cerebrum were very marked. 



Observation XIV, August 13, 1868. Red steer ; the property of Mr. Joseph Heath, 

 near Oxford ; killed for dissection. Organs of respiration healthy. Heart healthy and 

 free from petechise. The mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, and first three stomachs were found 

 healthy. The cardiac end of the fourth stomach was of a deep red color, some of the folds 

 ecchymosed, and some of the dark centers of the ecchymoses had sloughed. The pyloric 

 end was much less congested, but its entire surface more or less abraded. The exposed 

 vascular membrane was of a dark red color, and the food firmly adhered to it. Both 

 small and large intestines indicated some congestion of the mucous lining. The liver was 

 considerably enlarged, much engorged with blood, and was fatty. The spleen weighed five 

 and a half pounds, was dark in color, and friable in consistence. The kidneys were con 

 gested, and the bladder was largely distended with bloody urine. 



Observation XV, August 14, 1868. Red steer ; the property of same owner ; also 

 killed for dissection. With the exception of slight ecchymoses of the pleura on the ante 

 rior lobe of the left lung, the organs of respiration offered no indications of disease. The 

 heart was of normal size, but appeared more flabby than in health. The right cavities 

 contained a little fluid blood, and the column* carnese of the ventricle were slightly 

 ecchymosed. The blood-staining of the endocardium was much marked on the fleshy 

 pillars of the left ventricle. The organs of deglutition, the first, the second, and the third 

 stomach, were quite healthy. The fourth stomach not quite so much congested as usual, 

 but its cardiac folds were studded with very numerous ecchymoses, many of which were 

 perforated in their centers. The pyloric end was also somewhat congested, but the ero 

 sions were more marked and extensive than on the transverse folds of the cardiac end. 

 Near the pyloric opening were several small ulcers, to the surface of which the gastric con- 



