64 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



" The right hmg was entirely changed into a dark 

 brown mass. The internal jugular and subclavian veins 

 together with the venae cavae, were distended with blood. 

 The heart was enlarged, and the pericardium drawn 

 tight over ii. The left auricle and ventricle contained 

 blood, but the right auricle and ventricle were literally 

 gorged to their utmost extent with dark grumous coagu- 

 lated blood. There were no marks of preternatural 

 adhesions or inflammation of the pleura costalis, nor was 

 there more than one ounce of serum within its cavity. 



"'Abdomen. — There was a good deal of viscid yellow- 

 ish bile in the stomach ; its villous coat was inflamed and 

 corrugated. 



" The liver was of a dark red colour congested with 

 blood. 



" The gall bladder was full of a greenish bile. 

 ^* The urinary bladder contained a straw coloured 

 urine. 



" The kidneys, omentum, and peritoneum, were in a 

 healthy state ; but the intestines seemed to have sufl^er- 

 ed from the acrimony of the bile. 



" Remarks. — From the preceding dissections it must 

 be evident that the Distemper is an inflammatory disor- 

 der, more particularly affecting the mucous coats of the 

 bronchial tubes, and that the great congestions of blood 

 found in the heart and other vital organs must arise from 

 the obstruction it meets with in its passage through the 

 lungs. The particular time at which the disorganisation 

 commences must depend on the violence of the symp- 

 toms ; and it does appear that the disease can be divided 

 into three natural stages :— 



