DISEASES OF SWINE AXD OTHEP ANIMALS. 



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Larije intestine: Ouo slouftliius ulcer ou the ilio-ca?cal valve, three on the ctvcum, and 

 a cousiderahle number iu the colon. The colon and rectum also bore numerous patches 

 of extravasation one to two lines iu diameter. The last inch of the rectum is of au 

 uniformly deep dark red. The mucosa and sub-mucosa are alike gorged with blood, 

 and at one point a bleeding pile projects into the passage. 



Live); jiancrcas, and >q>h-c)t ari' lirm and seemingly healtliy. 



Jiidnn/s: Fmu and apparently sound; cortical part rather ])ale. 



Bladder : Sound ; moderately full. 



Urine: Strongly acid ; density, 102G; albuminous; urea, lifijijj per cent. 



rarasilc-'^ in al>domen : Attached to the peritoDeum of slomach, liver, and siilecn are 

 seven Injdaiids. 



Cheat: Right heart contains clots; left henrt emi)ty. Ar.riculo-ventricnlar furrow 

 filled with a gelatinoid material, which, under th(! microscoiie, appears as a loose librou.s 

 stroma, its open meshes lilled with a. nearly homogeneous material, together Avith ji 

 few fat cells, granule cells, and abundant ca]nllary uet-AVoik filled with iincoagulated 

 blood. The white corpuscles are more abumlant in these than in the axillaiy vein. 

 No x^arasites nor ova could be found in tliis g(datiiu)id material. 



Linif/s: i\I(<stly healthy. Isolated lobules and at certain points a few adjacent ones 

 are iniarcted and solid, and all such have their brcuichia lilled Avith worms {Strong ijJiis 

 elongatiis) and a thick mucous. The jdugged bronchia are mostly dilated, and on the 

 mucous membrane of one such is a white ])atch about a line in diameter, resembling 

 the sloughs on tiie intestines, but not so thick. 



Experiment No. 8. 



Whit^pig, eight weeks old; common breed. Formerly fed raw offal. 



*Xo observation. 



Posl-mortem examination. — Skin : Nearly cov<'red with black spots from one-third to one 

 line in diameter, consisting of minute, .sloughs of e])idermis, infiltrated and discolored 

 with blood. In a number of these the subjacent layers of true skiu arc congested, 



