CHYLOUS ASCITES IN THE CAT MENINGITIS AS AN ACCOMPANIMENT. 383 



The abdomen contained about 30 ounces of a thin white fluid 

 exactly resembhng milk, and the internal organs showed the following 

 appearances. 



The serous coat of the bowel was covered with small elongated 

 whitish spots resembling minute worms, many of which were not larger 

 than grains of sand. On being pricked, the larger exuded a minute 

 drop of the same milk}- fluid as was found in the abdomen. Along the 

 free border of the bowel, furthest from the mesentery, and most marked 

 in the duodenum and jejunum, were minute red commencing granu- 

 lations. The gastro-splenic omentum was bright pink in colour, and 

 showed numerous areas of what appeared like chyle extravasation — 

 whitish spots the size of a threepenny piece, from which fluid escaped 

 on pricking. In and on the serous membrane, and especially around 

 the mesenteric vessels, were deposits of lymph. 



The liver showed subperitoneal lymph effusion, and on incision the 

 lobules were marginated by a pearly-grey infiltration. 



The spleen was covered with greyish points of lymph effusion. The 



Fig. 39. — Microscopic appearance of fresh mill^. Ail tliese figures are 

 drawn to the same scale. 



kidneys showed well-marked fatty change, which on microscopic exa- 

 mination seemed to be fatty degeneration. The bladder was full of 

 urine. 



The peritoneum had everywhere undergone extensive change. Its 

 shining appearance was lost, lymph deposits had occurred over it, 

 though without glueing together the intestines, and in some places, as 

 shown by microscopic examination, the lymph was undergoing organi- 

 sation. 



The thoracic duct could not be isolated. 



The heart appeared enlarged, and had suffered fatty change. The 

 muscular tissue was lax and friable, and instead of a deep maroon was 

 brownish in tint. It left a greasy stain on the knife after cutting. 



The lungs were dark in colour and congested. The inferior border 

 and base of the lungs were collapsed, probably in consequence of the 

 continued pressure of the abdominal contents. 



