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THE CATTLE MURRAIN OF INDIA. 
Post-mortem appearances of some Cattle Epizootics , 
Place and Date. 
Stomachs, 1st, 2nd, 3rd. 
Fourth Stomach. 
Small Intestines. 
Lambert, 
Ceylon Epi- 
zootic, 1842. 
Several cases. 
1st, 2nd, normal ; 
3rd, contained layers 
of hard food. 
Inflamed. 
Inflamed. 
Long, 
Assam Epi- 
zootic, 1853. 
Several cases. 
1st, distended and 
inflamed in large 
patches; 2nd, con- 
tained dark-green 
fluid ; 3rd, similar ; 
membrane inflamed. 
Mucous mem- 
brane inflamed. 
Inflamed, especially upper and 
lower parts. 
Rutherford, 
Calcutta Epi- 
zootic, 1864. 
Several cases. 
1st and 2nd, in- 
flamed ; 3rd, occa- 
sionally “ fardel 
bound/’ 
Empty ; lining 
red; dark red in | 
patches; swollen,! 
and thickened ; mu- 
cous membrane 
easily detached. 
Inflamed similar to, but less 
intensely than the stomach. Oc- 
casional ulcers met with. 
Dr. Bristowe, 
Cattle Plague, 
England, 1865-6. 
Several cases. 
1st and 2nd, con- 
tents normal ; occa- 
sional patches of 
congestion in ru- 
men; 3rd, con- 
gested in circum- 
scribed discs ; oc- 
casionally sloughing 
ulcers. 
Patches of con- 
gestion, with small 
ulcers, and occa- 
sional sloughs. 
Deeply congested ; sometimes 
haemorrhagic. 
Gudgin, 
Birmah Epi- 
zootic, 1866. 
Twenty-three 
cases. 
Contents of all 
soft ; lining mem- 
branes healthy. 
Lining mem- 
brane thickened, 
and ulcerated ; yel- 
low deposits of 
lymph upon it ; con- 
tents liquid. 
Congested. Patches of yellow 
deposit in the neighbourhood of 
Peyer’s glands ; occasional des- 
quamations ; sometimes ulcera- 
tion ; contents fluid. 
McLeod, 
Tessore Epi- 
zootic, 1867. 
One case. 
1st, contained a 
small quantity of 
fetid grumous mat- 
ter, inflamed, and 
abraded; 2nd, 3rd, 
contents dry and 
hard. 
Contained an 
enormous quantity 
of dry food; mucous 
membrane very 
dark.* 
Ileum much congested ; small 
lenticular elevations on mucous 
membrane, containing a wax-like 
substance, and surrounded by con- 
gestion. 
Stanley, 
Benares Epi- 
zootic, 1869. 
One case. 
Died on ninth 
day. 
Contents of all 
semi-fluid. No ab- 
normal appearances 
of their lining mem- 
branes whatever. 
Patches of slight 
congestion ; small 
superficial ulcerated 
spots towards pylo- 
ric aperture. Con- 
tents fluid. 
In the duodenum, well-marked, 
scattered, ulcerated spots, similar 
to those observed in the mouth ; 
patches of congestion in the ileum, 
with scattered ulcerations, which 
in some places were confluent, and 
by scraping away the waxy excre- 
tions the pale, muscular tunic was 
exposed ; ulcerations became more 
numerous towards the caecum ; 
contents fluid. 
# Descriptions of 1st and 4th stomach appear 
