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SPORADIC DISEASES. 



have been unwell for several days, whilst in others that have 

 been down three or four days it is abundant. I make particular 

 reference to this jelly, as some to whom I have shown it have 

 asserted that it has no connection with the disease, that in 

 fact it is a myxomatous condition of the fat surrounding the 

 spinal cord, — a condition, they say, not inconsistent with health 

 in young animals ; and that what I considered mycelia, the de- 

 velopment of which within the body being supposed to be an 

 impossibility, were nothing more than capillaries, and the spores 

 blood corpuscles. 



Figs. 30 and 31. — Microscopic Views of G-elatinous Matter from Spinal 

 Canal containing the Organism in its most advanced stage. 



Fig. 30. 

 (Drawing by Dr. Jas. Hunter, 18S2. 



--/'' 



.-C 



~-~~^a 



a. Spore-bearing filaments. 

 c c. Free spores. 



h. Peculiar glolnxlar masses of spores. 

 d. Micrococci or spores. 



This jelly is a slimy tenacious substance, of a straw colour, 

 and, as seen by the naked eye, lying external to the dura mater, 

 and when examined microscopically is found to contain an 

 organism, presenting the appearances seen in the illustrations. 



figures 30 and 31 have reference to the appearance seen 



