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culosa, are found, while in others the greater part or the whole 

 of the encephalon is anaemic. The puncta in such cases, large 

 and dark, on the surface of the section, promptly enlarge until 

 they may form distinct drops. 



In the lungs areas of collapse, and of dark red congestion and 

 infiltration are common, mostly as the result of the entrance 

 of alimentary or medicinal matters into the bronchia owing to 

 palsy of the pharynx. Such materials can be found in the 

 bronchial tubes. 



The third stomach and the large intestine may be impacted, 

 the contents more or less baked and glossy on the surface, and 

 coincident congestions of the mucosa are not uncommon. In 

 some instances, however, the contents are soft and pultaceous 

 and the absence of mucous congestions is remarkable. 



The womb rarely shows characters differing from the condition 

 which is normal to the first few days after parturition. 



The blackness and thickness of the blood has been noted by prac- 

 tically all observers. This is partly the result of its density, but 

 doubtless also of the undetermined toxins which are operative 

 in the disease. 



Yellowish gelatinoid exudates have been found in the subdorsal 

 and sublumbar regions, as well as the cranium and spinal canal. 



Glucose appears to be constantly present in the urine, and in 

 excess in the more violent and fatal cases: from 1.19 grm. per 

 litre in slight cases to 41.8 grms. in a fatal one (Nocard). Al- 

 bumen may be present, though probably only when local inflam- 

 mation has supervened. 



Symptoms. The conditions of the attack should be noted. 

 This is a disease of the first six days after parturition, rarely 

 seen in the second week, and never after the fourteenth day. It is 

 very exceptional before parturition, yet Miiller quotes 47 cases in 

 1 107 births. The breed, condition, milking qualities, plethora, 

 feeding, etc., of the patient are, as already noted important data 

 in diagnosis. The onset is sudden without premonitory symptoms. 



Two very distinct types are met with, the comatose and vio- 

 lent or spasmodic, which, however, merge into each other by 

 insensible gradations, and may follow each other. 



From twelve to seventy hours after an easy parturition there 

 suddenly appear signs of discomfort. Feeding and rumination 



