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Few of the farmers noted any particulars of the post-mortem con- 

 dition of the viscera. Those that did were struck with the engorged 

 "blackberry-jain" appearance of the milt or spleen, the yellowness 

 of the fat in some cases, and some noticed the urinary "bladder di- 

 lated by the dark, red-colored fluid which it held. Some noticed the 

 animals urinating " blood" before death. These post-mortem obser- 

 vations were also noticed in nearly every case of the 7 natives which 

 died. 



TABLE I. 



* Four others, 

 t September 6. 

 j Native cattle. 



September 9. 



II Mr. Norris lost 2 other head of cattle. 



1 September 11. 



POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS. 



The following notes are from the post-mortem examinations of the 5 

 cattle which died at such a favorable time that they could be ex- 

 mined before decomposition had destroyed all normal and patholog- 

 ical appearances. The examination of the first animal was made 

 by Dr. A. M. Farrington, Assistant Chief of the Bureau. The sub- 

 sequent examinations were made by myself. 



Steer No. 2. This animal was the last of Mr. William Boland's 7 steers. It died on 

 the night of August 30. As it was 3 o'clock the following afternoon before the ex- 

 amination was held, and as the animal had been skinned at 9 o'clock in the morning, 

 decomposition had set in and many particulars were obscured. The blood was black 

 and clotted in both sides of the heart. A portion of these clots were washed white. 

 There was an excess of dark-colored fluid in the abdominal cavity. A small perfo- 

 ration of the intestines in the right hypochondriac region was observed, but it may 

 have been due to the violent handling of the carcass. The thoracic walls near the 

 attachment of the diaphragm showed signs of inflammation. The urine was dark 

 red and considerable in quantity. The mucous membrane of the bladder showed a 

 few extravasations of blood, most of them situated on the prominent ridges. The 

 kidneys were decomposed in their cortical portion. The spleen had so far decom- 

 posed that gas escaped from it with a perceptible sound when cut into. The fourth 

 stomach or abomasum had two patches somewhat reddened, indicating a superficial 

 inflammation of no great extent. The intestines were dotted with dark red spots, 

 about one-fifth of an inch in diameter. These were not of the nature of petecchiae. 

 The mucous membranes were bright red on the prominences, in scattered patches, 

 but more especially in the lower part of the jejunum and beginning of the ileum. 

 The serous membranes were fairly well preserved except in the vicinity of the duo- 

 denum, where it tore easily. The duodenum was decomposed. The liver was too 

 far decomposed to be examined, The lungs were normal. 



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