738 SPOEADiC DISEASES. 



rounded by a capsule or zone of condensed hepatic tissue of a 

 dark brown colour, surrounding a mass of broken-down fibrin- 

 ous material having a yellowish or sometimes brownish- white 

 appearance. 



In my opinion these supposed abscesses are broken down 

 thrombi or emboli, consequent upon a mild attack of omphalitis 

 during early life, remaining dormant for an indefinite period, 

 but from some cause or other becoming liquefied, and thus 

 infect the blood stream, inducing death by septicsemia. 



Gall Stones are very rarely found in the lower animals, and 

 there are no symptoms indicative of their presence during life, 

 beyond those which may be induced by any disease of the liver 

 itself. It may, however, be mentioned that in horned cattle 

 which have died from any exhausting disease, with prolonged 

 absence of appetite, the gall bladder is generally distended with 

 an inspissated bile, in which much sediment may be found 

 adhering to the mucous membrane, and that in sheep deposits 

 are found when the gall ducts have been dilated by " flukes." 



