CASES OF QUARTER-EVIL, OR STRIKING. 3 
Examination . — The butcher dressed him and sold him for meat, 
and the whole of him, except the affected shoulder, was of as healthy 
and natural colour as could be. The disease appears to have con- 
fined itself, outside, to the whole of the muscles of the shoulder, 
which were enormously swollen and emphysematous. The whole 
of the abdominal viscera were healthy. The third stomach was 
full, and its contents were getting a little hard. The folds of the 
stomach were but little inflamed. 
On laying the thorax open, I found excessive disease in and 
around the heart. The pericardium was a mass of intense inflam- 
mation, and within it there was at least a pint of red serum. The 
heart was inflamed to a greater extent than I had ever seen 
before, and in some places there was extravasation of blood in its 
substance. The inflammation was confined to the outside and 
muscular portion, for the inside of the ventricles and auricles were 
not affected. The left side of the heart was most inflamed. The 
muscles of the thorax underneath the diseased shoulder were a 
little discoloured, but not of much importance, and the pleura lining 
that side was scarcely different from the other healthy side. 
Case II. 19 th October , 1843. — This morning, a two-year old 
in-calf heifer, the property of the same gentleman, was found to 
be a little lame in the off hind leg, and the bailiff told the owner 
that it was nothing but a strain, and would soon be well, and was 
not of the least importance. 
About 11 A.M. I saw her, and immediately discovered that she 
was “ stricken” in the hind quarter and loins. She was down 
and could not rise, and was fast sinking. The respiration was a 
little increased, but not at all laboured, and she was warm all over. 
The principal parts that were affected were the rump and loins on 
her off side. I bled her, but could not get above two or three 
quarts, and that came away slowly. I also punctured the loins. 
Seeing no probability of her recovering, or, indeed, of her living 
long, I afterwards had her stuck. 
Examination . — There was not the least staking ; the heart was 
a little spotted with extravasated blood on its outside, but not so 
much diseased as the last case. The emphysema and extravasation 
were principally on the off side of the loins, but slightly extending 
to the other loin. There was extravasation of blood on the off side 
about the kidney. The spinal marrow about the lumbar vertebras 
was decidedly softened, and there was some little effusion of serum 
within its theca. 
Case III. — I examined a yearling calf that was stricken the 
night before on the thigh and loins. The peritoneum was inflamed, 
and the abdomen contained more serum than usual. The contents 
of the third stomach were getting a little hard. The heart and the 
