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the Distemper. 



ration oi' mind ; he was irritable, snapped at tliose who 

 approached him, foamed at the mouth, but did not refuse 

 the small quantities of broth, milk, and other liquids 

 which were occasionally offered him. 



" Dissection. — The carcass was lean, but on opening 

 the abdomen, the omentum, intestines, and other viscera 

 were loaded with fot. The liver was of a dark dull red 

 colour congested with blood, the gall bladder distended 

 with greenish bile, the stomach and intestines were dis- 

 coloured with viscid yellow bile, some of which was con- 

 tained in the stomach. 



"The kidneys were free from disease, and the urinary 

 bladder was full of urine. 



*' Thorax or chest — no preternatural adhesions or 

 symptoms of inflanniiation of the pleura costalis existed. 

 The lungs were highly inflamed and of a dark brown co- 

 lour, i-endered heavy and solid by the effusion of coagu- 

 lable lymph. On cutting into their substance numerous 

 drops of white purulent matter escaped from the bronchise, 

 and on a careful examination they were found completely 

 full and choaked up with matter. 



" The trachea Avas inflamed, and contained a good deal 

 of pus of the same nature. 



*' The heart and large blood vessels adjoining were 

 distended with dark, black, coagulated blood ; the sub- 

 stance of the heart itself was much inflamed ; and a small 

 quantity of serum was observed in the cavities of the 

 pleura and pericardium. 



" A young fox-hound having died of the Distemper, I 

 proceeded to ascertain the causes of his death and com- 

 menced with an examination of the nervous system. For 



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