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serum therein, in 10 rabid animals, i of wliicli had the right 

 ventricle unusually dilated while the left was normal. 



b. Alterations in the circulatory apparatus and the blood. 

 I. Pericarditis in I suspected dog. 2. Capillary hemorrhage 

 into the pericardium in 2 rabid cases. 3. ?Iaemorrhage be- 

 neath the endocardium in i rabid case. 4. Alterations in 

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

 blood was of a light red-color in 13 rabid and i suspected ; 

 fluid in the heart in 2 rabid, slightly coagulated in 5 rabid, 

 and with a dense whitish fibrinous clot in 6 rabid and 1 sus- 

 pected dogs. The blood was dark-red to black-red {schwarz- 

 roth) in 70 rabid and 27 suspected, (a) In the heart it was 

 quite fluid in 1 1 rabid and 4 suspected, fj)) Slightly coagu- 

 lated in 2 1 rabid and 1 1 suspected, it) With a soft fibrinous 

 clot in 9 rabid ; and (d) it had a dense grey clot in 29 rabid 

 and 7 suspected animals. Bacteria {Stdbehen) in the blood 

 Avere in some cases numerous, in others few; in none were 

 they very abundant. Ansemia was present in 4 rabid ani- 

 mals. 



r. Alterations in the spleen and mesenteric glands were 

 noted in 68 rabid and 11 suspected animals, i. Lymphatic 

 nodules in the spleen in i rabid creature. 2. Enlargement 

 of the spleen alone in 25 rabid and 3 suspected. 3. Tume- 

 faction of the mesenteric glands alone in 21 rabid and 6 

 suspected. 4. Enlargement of the spleen and mesenteric 

 glands in 21 rabid and 2 suspected dogs. 



d. Alterations in the respiratory apparatus in 86 rabid and 

 16 suspected animals, i. Marked pallor of the mucous mem- 

 brane of the larynx and trachea in 2 rabid and i suspected 

 animals. 2. Intense injection of the same in 51 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 suspected animals. 4. Capillary 

 haemorrhage at the entrance to the larynx in i rabid. 5. Ca- 

 pillary haemorrhage in the laryngeal mucous membrane in i 

 rabid. 6. Capillary haemorrhage in the pleura pulmonalis in 



