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presenting? no abnoiinal ai)pearance of its coats, was distended with 

 bloody mine. 



Observation IX, Anji'nst 8, 1808. — Small two-year-old steer; the 

 l»roi)erty ol" .Mr. Frank Peters, Scott townsliip, six miles west of Cliam- 

 l)ai^n. Had died the i)revions nij^ht, and presented the unnsnal apjtear- 

 ance of dried, clotted drops of blood, each about the size of an ordinary 

 drop of water, freely distributed over the neck, tianks, body, and limbs. 



Orj>ans of respiration healthy. Heart beginning' to decomiK)se, but 

 showing no signs of disease. First three stomachs healthy. The fourth 

 stomach was slightly reddened at its cardiac end; but its folds were 

 thickly studded with snuill, grayish eminences, having the general 

 appearance of a vesicular eruption. The color of the mucous surface 

 of the pyloric antrum was healthy, with the exception of two small, 

 irregular erosions. The small and the large intestine were entirely free 

 from congestion or other indications of disease. The liver and gall 

 bladder w ere sound, and weighed eleven pounds. The spleen was freely 

 ecchymosed on its surface, soft and enlarged, weighing three and a half 

 pounds. The kidneys were dark colored, and beginning to decompose. 

 The bladder was healthy and much distended with bloody urine. The 

 brain and spinal cord were healthy. 



Observation X, August 8, 1808. — Four-year-old cow, belonging to the 

 same proprietor as the last steer. 



On opening the chest it was found that the lungs collapsed imper- 

 fectly; and that on their dorsal aspect, especially of their posterior 

 lobes, there was very marked interlobular emphysema. 



The external aspect of the heart was normal. Tlie right cavities were 

 full of dark blood, and indicated cadaveric blood-staiuiug of the endo- 

 cardium. The left ventricle, also, contained uuich dark blood; and its 

 free wall, as well as the coluinnaj carnete, was extensively ecchymosed. 



The first three stomachs wxre healthy. The fourth w^as the seat of 

 ramified redness on the mucous folds, at the cardiac end ; and numer- 

 ous punctiform eminences of yellowish color gave the eruptive appear- 

 ance, noticed in i)revious post-mortem examinations. The pyloric end 

 was normal, and free from erosions. 



Both the large and the small intestine were (luite normal. 



The liver was swollen as the result of decomposition, and the gall- 

 bladder was distended with normal bile. 



The spleen, of a dark purplish tint and friable structure, weighed five 

 pounds. 



TIic kidneys were congested, and the urinary bladder distended with 

 bloody urine. 



On severing the head from the neck, a considerable (puintity of bloody 

 serum flowed out of the meninges. The cranial contents were somewhat 

 congested, but otherwise healthy. 



Observation XI, ^Vugust 8, 1808. — Three-year-old steer; the property 

 of Mr. , of Champaign. Killed by division of spinal cord. 



