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skin covering the enlargement, a true anthracoid tumour presented 
itself. The same jelly-like exudate occupied a space of about 8 
inches by 6 inches. 
The blood in the veins was of a dark, tarry consistence and 
colour, and in almost all the veins a certain degree of coagulation 
had taken place. Only the normal quantity of fluid in the abdo- 
minal cavity. Peritoneum healthy, mesentery congested. Spleen 
of a dark colour, with considerable bloody spots and blotches all over 
its surface. The same deposit alluded to before existed between 
the layer of membrane attaching it to the stomach. On removing 
the spleen from the body I found it weighed 2,7 h lbs. On cutting 
into its structure, and on withdrawing the scalpel, the blade had 
adhering to it a thick layer of blood as dark as ink. The gland 
could easily be b:oken down by pressure of the finger. 
On the under surface of the stomach, close to the pyloric 
orifice, I found a patch of the size of a dinner plate consisting of 
the same kind of deposit as I noticed in the tumour. In the tissue 
under the loins I also found the same thing to exist. Above the 
penis another large tumour was found. 
Intestines and kidneys healthy. There was a slight deposit 
in the substance of a lung which, to a certain extent, blocked up 
the bronchial tubes. A large quantity of frothy mucus was found 
in the windpipe and large bronchi, yet there was no symptom of 
breathlessness noticed before death. 
On laying open the pericardium (bag of the heart) my 
attention was arrested by the large quantity of fluid which was 
contained in the sac. From a careful but rough calculation, I 
came to the conclusion that it contained from 35 to 40 ounces of 
serum, possessing more the colour of venous blood slightly diluted 
with water than true serum. The external surface of the heart 
presented a peculiar appearance. Intensely dark blood spots 
studded its surface — some of the size of a rupee, others the size of 
an eight-anna piece, and others still smaller ; these were particularly 
numerous on the right auricle. 
The horizontal and vertical grooves of the heart were filled 
with peculiar jelly-like deposit. Large clots in right heart and 
pulmonary artery and none in left. Although it is a remarkable 
fact that in anthrax the blood is generally found in a fluid state, 
I did not find this to be the case in the present instance. There 
was no unpleasant odour from the body, although the post-mortem 
did not take place until fifteen hours after death. 
These are the lesiding post-mortem appearances noticed by me : — 
Post-mortem No. 2 on an elephant that died at 10 A.M., 29th 
^f June 1878, after two days' illness. Body examined seven hours 
