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spond to those of inflammation, and which could 

 not possibly exist without inflammatory action. It 

 is therefore an inflammatory disease as we shall 

 plainly see, and not a non-inflammatory one, as he 

 classifies it. In his accounts of post-mortem appear- 

 ances which agree in part with those held by my- 

 self and others he says, referring to the bones: 

 ' The periosteal covering of the flat and irregular, 

 and also some parts of the long bones, was very vas- 

 cular and could be easily stripped off.' Again as 

 regards the cartilages he writes: 'In most instances 

 although not in all, the articular cartilage was of a 

 dark slate color, much thinner than is natural, and 

 in many places it was entirely lost,' while in another 

 section pointing to membranes, we find the follow- 

 ing, reading thus: 'The synovial membrane was con- 

 siderably thickened, especially in those parts where 

 it is most vascular.' At the beginning of his post- 

 mortem report we find this quotation: 'On his at- 

 tempting to walk, his fore legs gave way at the 

 elbow joint on one side and shoulder joint on the 

 other, in consequence of the articular and capsular 

 ligaments and tendons of the muscles becoming de- 

 tached from their bony connections by tearing away 

 of portions of diseased bones.' 



These quotations are sufficient I should think, to 

 convince the most skeptical without further argu- 

 ment, as to its inflammatory nature. In its descrip- 



