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Sometimes large corpuscular bodies are found between the 

 nerve fibers. 



The cerebral meninges are congested and opaque. Foci 

 of softening are bj' no means uncommon and the cerebral 

 ventricles contain an abnormal quantity of fluid. 



The bony tissue generally has lost its consistency and the 

 medullary matter may be unduly reddened. The large joints 

 contain an excess of synovia of a somewhat pinkish color. The 

 ligaments of the hip joint are often congested, thickened and 

 softened. The articular cartilages ma^' even show areas of blood 

 staining. 



The intestines are usually nearly empty, soft, pale and 

 flaccid. Ruthe has in one case observed rounded ulcers on the 

 mucosa. 



The mesentery is thickened with an infiltration and it has 

 a yellowish discoloration and the mesenteric glands are usuall}' 

 enlarged, softened and friable though sometimes firm and con- 

 tracted. The lymph glands adjoining the generative organs 

 are often swollen, pigmented and studded with foci of casea- 

 tion, varying in size from that of a pea upward. The liver is 

 softened, hyperemic or fatty. The spleen is small. The kid- 

 neys are usualh' large, pale and blackened. The thoracic 

 organs may show little change, though hypostatic congestions 

 and foci of caseation or suppuration may be present. The 

 blood is light colored and forms a loose, pale clot. There is a 

 diminution in the number of red blood cells and a relativeh' 

 large increase in the number of leucocytes. 



In the mare, in addition to the lesions in the internal organs 

 and blood, the following may be noted in connection with the 

 generative system, Phlegmons or oedematous swellings, or 

 ulcers on the lips of the vulva and on the vulvar and vaginal 

 mucosae. The parts become variously distorted. A crop of 

 pustules or vesicles, which run into ulcers may appear on the 

 urethral orifice, the vulva and adjacent skin. The mammary 

 glands are sometimes inflamed, oedematous and tender, with 

 suppurative or necrotic foci. The adjacent lymph glands are 

 enlarged by infiltration or contracted by sclerosis 



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