Investigations in 1888 /o/' the Royal AgricnUuml Societij. 311 
to be scrofula, but it subsequently, on j)ost-mortem examination, 
proved to be rheumatic in its nature. 
During the same month two bullocks with actinomycosis 
were admittedj and also a cow with tuberculosis in a very ad- 
vanced stage, corresponding to the case which has been referred 
to. In both these cows the udders were affected with the disease. 
In June, three cattle affected with actinomycosis were ad- 
mitted, and a sheep with a peculiar form of abscess affecting the 
head chiefly. 
In July, two other eases of actinomycosis were received, and 
a. mare from Wiltshire affected with a disease which was said to 
be identical with a fatal disease of cattle referred to in another 
part of this report as occurring on a farm in Lincolnshire belong- 
ing to Sir John Astley (see page 318). The mare died from the 
disease which is occasionally very destructive to horses — viz. 
inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord 
(cerebro-spinal meningitis). 
During October another case of actinomycosis was admitted, 
and also a remarkably interesting case of a bullock with disease 
of the membrane which invests the heart (pericarditis). All 
the symptoms which indicate this form of disease were present 
in a very marked form, and the animal lived long enough to 
enable all the advanced students to study the case thoroughly. 
Post-mortem examination proved that the disease, as was sus- 
pected, was due to the presence of a foreign body — a large pin, 
which had at some time been swallowed, had passed through the 
stomach and the walls of the diaphragm, and penetrated the 
pericardium as far as the surface of the heart. 
In November, a cow was admitted with disease of the udder 
(garget), and two sheep affected with " gid (hydatids) ; also 
four lambs with " husk," due to the presence of thread-worms in 
the tubes of the lungs. The animals were obtained for the pur- 
pose of studying the life-history of the worm strongle, which 
will be further considered. 
In December, another case of actinomycosis was received, and 
a cow with tuberculosis, and two pigs which were suspected to 
have the same disease from drinking the milk of diseased cows ; 
also six sheep with hydatids in the brain. 
The total number of cases received was as follows : — 
Cases 
Actinomycosis ........ 12 
Rheumatic disease joints 3 
Tuberculosis 3 
Chronic abscess ........ 1 
Hydatids in brain 8 
Strongles in lungs ........ 4 
Suspected tuberculosis in swine ..... 5^ 
