ECHINOCOCCOSIS OF THE BRAIN, LUNGS, AND LIVER IN A HORSE. 



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On post-mortem examination, made the same evening, the intestines, 

 spleen, bladder, and kidneys were apparently normal, though, as would 

 be expected in an old and well-fed animal, there was an unusual accu- 

 mulation of fat around the kidneys and in the omentum and mesentery. 



Fig. 6j. — Liver, showing cysts, laid open. 



The liver was enlarged, showed signs of fatty degeneration, and its 

 left lobe contained numerous cysts, marked a, h, c, and d in the figure. 

 These only represent a few (Fig. 66). A straw has been inserted in one 

 of the upper cysts which had been opened. To facilitate description 



Fig. 68.— Right lung, showing cysts. 



a further figure is given, showing the three larger cysts {a, b, c, and d) 

 laid open (Fig. 67). That marked a was the largest. Its walls were 

 of the consistency of cartilage, measured three eighths of an inch in 

 thickness, and were lined internally with a light greyish, crapy-looking 



