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SrOKADIC DISEASES. 



some placeS; firm to the touch, and broke down under the finger 

 less readily than natural ; in fact was firm, dry, tough, and 

 fibrous, and on section the lobules were in parts completely 

 replaced by a white fibrous tissue, and in others surrounded by 

 an increased quantity of the same structure, giving to the cut 

 surface a mottled granular appearance similar to that presented 

 in the interior of a nutmeg. 



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Fig. 42i — Cirrhosis of the Liver. 



The white parts consist of white fibrous tissue surrounding the atrophied 



gland structures, slightly magnified. 



The kidneys of the same animal were in a stage of degene- 

 ration. 



Two other animals died on the same farm, namely, a mare and 

 a six months' foal, between the time mentioned and the 25th of 

 March, from liver and kidney disease. The symptoms and 

 appearance of tlie mare are described by Mr. Dixon as follows : — 

 " The owner says that i'or ten days or so before it left off 

 feeding it was very dull, and took a deal of driving. It left 

 off feeding on a Thursday, and I was sent for on the following 

 Saturday, when it presented the following appearance and 

 symptoms : — Standing with head depressed ; dull and oppressed ; 

 eye heavy, and eyelids partially closed ; resting from one liind 

 foot to the other now and again ; ears, legs, and body of a 

 natural heat ; the pulse small and weak ; the breathing slightly 

 increased (the pulse and breathing very like what we find in 

 influenza) ; foetid breath ; bowels easy and natural ; tlie urine 

 rather high coloured. In a few days its pulse came down to 

 sixty, and continued to do so gradually for ten days until it 

 came down to forty-four, at the same time increasing in strength. 

 I did not see it again for ten days or so, and in the course of 



