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ANTHRAX. 



as the result of rupture of the capillaries. The blood 

 throughout the body is usually fluid and of dark colour. 



The lymphatic system generally is much affected. The 

 glands, especially the mediastinal, mesenteric, and cervical 

 glands, are enlarged and surrounded by cedematous tissue, 

 the lymphatic vessels are swollen, and both glands and 



FIG. 82. Scraping from spleen of guinea-pig dead of anthrax, showing 

 the bacilli mixed with leucocytes, etc. (Same appearance as in the ox.) 

 " Corrosive film " stained with carbol-thionin-blue. x 1000. 



vessels may contain numberless bacilli. The heart may be 

 in a state of cloudy swelling, and the blood in its cavities 

 contains bacilli, though in smaller numbers than that in the 

 capillaries. The intestines are enormously congested, the 

 epithelium more or less desquamated, and the lumen filled 

 with a bloody fluid. From all the organs the bacilli can 

 be easily isolated by stroke cultures on agar. 



