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consisted of forty-eight head, exclusive of calves, the latter 

 being in all our calculations excluded. One animal after another 

 was attacked till the 12th of April, when thirteen head had died, 

 and most of those remaining were showing symptoms of disease. 

 They were afterwards killed by order of the Commissioners, 

 and a few examined with the following results : — 



Autopsy 1. — This cow appeared badly. Slic coughed, but it was 

 said, ate well. The po^^terior lobe of the lung adhered to the diaphragm, 

 was indurated, and contained a cyst in which was a very small (puintity 

 of pus, and a mass of detached lung of the size of a quart measure. 

 This was connected with the main portion of the lung by bronchi, some 

 of which had been cut off in such a manner as to admit air into the cyst. 

 The mass was offensive, friable, and on incision did not present the 

 bright, mottled, organized appearance of similar masses lying in air-tight 

 cysts. There was no serum in the chest. — Dr. Martin, April 12, 1860. 



Autopsy 2. — An ox 7 years old. The lung was extensively and firmly 

 adherent in various parts, and ahnost " as hard as a stone." On incision 

 there was found a large cyst containing pus and lymph. — Drs. Dadd 

 and Thatek, April 19, 1860. 



Autopsy 3. A steer 3 years old. The owner said that this animal 

 was but slightly, if at all sick. The left lung was adherent to the pleura 

 costalis, and diaphi'agm. On incision there was found in the middle a 

 large cyst containing pulmonary tissue. The right lung was adherent, 

 but its substance healthy. — Drs. Dadd and Tiiaxer, April 19, 1860. 



Autopsy 4. — A steer 2 years old. Marked adhesion of the posterior 

 superior portion of the lung to the diaphragm. Some consolidation of 

 the lung. The right lung contained a cyst in which was a mass not 

 entirely separated. — Drs. Dadd and Thayer, April 19, 1860. 



Autopsy 5. — A cow 8 years old. The owner said that this animal 

 was one of the most healthy in his herd. At the apex of the left lung 

 was a very large slough. Tiiere was also red hepatization. — Drs. Dadd 

 and Thayer, April 19, 1860. 



Autopsy 6. — An ox 7 years old, owned by Curtis Stoddard, and 

 exposed to the Clienery calf during the illness of the latter. The supe- 

 rior anterior portion of the right lung was much enlarged, and contained 

 a large cyst, in which w^as a quantity of pus and a mass of detached 

 pulmonary tissue. Left lung adherent to the diaphragm. — Drs. Dadd 

 and Tyler, April 20, 1860. 



Autopsy 7. — The anterior lobe of the right lung adhered to the ster- 

 num. A portion of the pulmonary tissue was separated and contained^ 

 in a cyst. — Drs. Bates, Dadd and Thayer, April 21, 1860. 



