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in the blood alone in 83 rabid, and 28 suspected animals. 

 The blood was of a light-red colour in 13 rabid and r 

 suspected ; fluid in the heart in 2 rabid, slightly coagulated 

 in 5 rabid, and with a dense whitish fibrinous clot in 6 rabid 

 and I suspected dogs. The blood was dark-red to black- 

 red {schwarzroth) in 70 rabid and 27 suspected, {a) In 

 the heart it was quite fluid in 1 1 rabid and 4 suspected. 

 ip') Slightly coagulated in 21 rabid and 11 suspected. 

 {c) With a soft fibrinous clot in 9 rabid ; and {d) it had 

 a dense grey clot in 29 rabid and 7 suspected animals. 

 Bacteria (^Stdbchen) in the blood were in some cases 

 numerous, in others few ; in none were they very abundant. 

 Anaemia was present in 4 rabid animals. 



c. Alterations in the spleen and mesenteric glands were 

 noted in 68 rabid and 1 1 suspected animals, i. Lym. 

 phatic nodules in the spleen alone in i rabid creature. 2. 

 Enlargement of the spleen alone in 25 rabid and 3 sus- 

 pected. 3. Tumefaction of the mesenteric glands alone in 

 21 rabid and 6 suspected. 4. Enlargement of the spleen 

 and mesenteric glands in 2 1 rabid and 2 suspfected dogs. 



d. Alterations in the respiratory apparatus in 86 rabid 

 and 16 suspected animals. i. Marked pallor of the 

 mucous membrane of the larynx and trachea in 2 rabid 

 and I suspected animals. 2. Intense injection of the same 

 in SI rabid and 8 suspected creatures. 3. General dark 

 discoloration of the pharyngeal, laryngeal, and partially 

 of the respiratory mucous membrane in 2 rabid and i sus - 

 pected animals. 4. Capillary haemorrhage at the entrance 

 to the larynx in i rabid. 5. Capillary haemorrhage in the 

 laryngeal mucous membrane in i rabid. 6. Capillary 

 hemorrhage in the pleura pulmonalis in i suspected. 

 7. Bronchial catarrh in 3 rabid. 8. Pulmonary oedema in 

 1 1 rabid and 4 suspected. 9. Pneumonia at the border 

 of some lobules^seldom involving entire lobes ; and 10. 

 Haemorrhage into the thoracic cavity from gunshot 

 wounds, in 2 suspected cases. 



