50 DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



zatiou, ])lemitis, serum iii pericardiuiu, aud morbid growths iu caecum 

 and colon. 



October 10. — Pig- II, a large slioat from eigiit to ten mouths old, dead. 

 Fost-mortcm examination by Dr. Prentice. ISTearly the same results. 



October 11. — Pig- III, a small animal, dead. It had probably died on 

 the evening of the 10th ; at least it was very much decomposed in the 

 morning, aud as pig B had died and had to be examined, no i)ost-mortem 

 examination w^as made. 



October 12. — Pig IV, dead ; had died during the night. ISIo. V, an old 

 sow, and IsTos. VI, VII, and VIII yet alive. No. VIII is the only one 

 that has any appetite. Pig VI is very low, and will soon die. Postmor- 

 tem examination of No. IV. Externally : skin on lower siu-face of the 

 body and between the legs purple. Internally : lymphatic glands en- 

 larged ; bronchial tubes filled with mucus ; both lobes of the lungs, but 

 the left one more than the right, hepatized — red, brown, and gray hepa- 

 tization ; two ounces of straw-colored serum in pericardium, and plastic 

 exudations on the surface of the heart. In abdominal cavity about one 

 pint of serum; spleen enlarged; kidneys normal; mesenteric glands 

 enlarged; intestines free from any morbid growths, and without any 

 lesions whatever ; interior of stomach slightly covered with bile. 



October 13. — Old sow No. V, and young sow No. VIII (eight months 

 old) have a little appetite. No. VI is very weak, and No. VII is dull ; 

 seems to have considerable jtressure upon the brain. In the evening No. 



VI is in a dying condition, and lies motionless in a corner. Sows Nos. 

 V and VIII have some appetite ; No. VII breathes with a throbbing 

 motion of the flanks ; seems to have headache, is very duU, and holds 

 its nose persistently to the floor. 



October 14. — Sow VIII considerably improved ; sow V some appetite ; 



VII very low ; and VI dead. For post-mortem examination of No. VI, 

 see account given in the chapter on Morbid Changes. 



October 15. — Old sow No. V and sow No. VIII coughing a good deal ; VIII 

 has a good appetite ; V has not. No. VII, a sow pig about eight months 

 old, dead in the pen. Post-mortem examination of No. VII at 8.30 o'clock, 

 a. m. Externally : Skin on nose, neck, and lower surface of body pur- 

 ple in spots and patches ; carcass not very much emaciated. Internally : 

 some adhesion between posterior part of right lobe of lungs and dia- 

 phragm ; costal pleura and pericardium aifected ; surface of the lungs 

 exhibit numerous small red specks ; both lobes are partially hepatized, 

 and contain considerable exudation yet in a iluid condition. (See pho- 

 togxaphs, Plates I and II.) External coat of posterior vena cava 

 morbidly changed, inllamed, and coalesced with pulmonal pleura. In 

 abdominal cavity : numerous light-colored nodules or tubercles on the 

 surface of the spleen, some of the size of a millet seed, and others as 

 large as a small pea ; mesentric glands \evy much enlarged ; numerous 

 small ulcerous tumors or morbid growths on mucous membrane of ca3- 

 cum and colon ; the whole interior sui'face of jejunum, for several feet 

 in length one interrupted layer of a morbid growth and subsequent de- 

 cay of epithelium cells, eas^ily removed with the back of the scalpel, aud 

 leaving behind, if thus removed, an uneven villous siuface. 



October IG. — Old sow No. V and sow No. VIII fan^ appetite ; both 

 cough a great deal. Old sow V discharged yesterday and to-day large 

 quantities of a glassy mucus exuding from the nose. Discovered two 

 ulcerating sores, one in the left middle teat and one in the right for- 

 ward teat. Her pigs had been weaned a short time before she con- 

 tracted the disease. 



