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days after the introduction of these cattle, a cow of his original 

 herd was taken sick ; then one after another drooped till most 

 of his herd were attacked, and eight out of twenty-two died 

 before April 11th. Those which did not die from the disease 

 were killed by the Commissioners, and may of them examined. 



Autopsrj 18. — Killed a cow which was taken s^ick on January 30th, 

 18G0. In fourteen days she began to get better. When killed she was 

 gaining flesh, breathed well, and the hair was healthy. She gave ten 

 quarts of milk a day, and in all other respects was healthy, with the 

 exception that she had a slight cough. Percussion dull over the base 

 of the left lung, near the spine, and respiration feeble in the same re- 

 gion. Left lung strongly adherent to the ribs and diaphragm. The 

 long adhesions were smooth, and the pleura, wdiere free from these, was 

 healthy. The lung was of a light pink color, and permeable to air, 

 except at the base, m which was a cyst containing a pint or two of pus. 

 Floating loose in this pus, was a hard mass as large as a two quart 

 measure. This on incision w^as found marbled in the centre, and pre- 

 sented the appearance of indurated lung detached by suppuration. The 

 cyst seemed to be air tight, the bronchi being plugged with lymph. — Dr. 

 Martin, April 11, 1860. 



Autopsy 19. — Killed a cow which had been sick fourteen days and was 

 so sick as to be scarcely able to walk. She was coughing and breathing 

 badly. Hair rough. Percussion didl o^•er Ijoth sides and respiration 

 very feeble. Both pleural canities were filled with serum, and there 

 was a deposit of lymph upon the costal pleura an inch thick. The right 

 lung was indurated at its base, and the left tliroughout its whole extent. 

 These diseased portions were brittle, like the liver. Firm adhesion to 

 the diaphragm and ribs near the spine, the lungs being forced back from 

 the parietes elsewhere by the accumulated serum. Nearly one-third of 

 the right lung Avas conqjressed by the serum. — Dr. Martin, A[)ril 11, 

 18G0. 



Autopsy 20. — Killed a heifer belonging to Charles Wilcox, a neighbor 

 of Mr. Needham. She was kei)t with Mr. Needham's herd because, as 

 she coughed, it was feared she might have contracted the disease from 

 these infected animals. She was in fair condition and ate well. There 

 was dulness on percussion, over the base of the left lung, which part 

 adhered to the ribs and diaphragm, and was indurated. On cutting into 

 this diseased lung there were found ulceration, and a head of Timothy 

 grass, four or five inches long. This animal was in every other respect 

 well.— Dr. Martin, April 11, 18G0. 



