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pletely filled. The peritoneal coat of the large intestines was 
slightly inflamed ; the mesentery was very much so, and the 
mesenteric glands enlarged, several of them to an enormous size. 
The lacteals were also unnaturally large in their caliber, and 
assumed a deep purple hue. In fact, all the absorbent glands 
throughout the system more or less took on this character. 
The liver was immensely enlarged, weighing 55 lbs. ; its peri- 
toneal covering was scirrhous : on breaking through it, the sub- 
stance of the liver was found soft, and of a dark purple. The 
left kidney was likewise much enlarged, and slightly inflamed. 
The remaining parts of the abdominal viscera were apparently 
healthy. 
The heart was greatly increased in size, weighing 13 lbs., after 
being perfectly cleansed and freed of its contents. Its cavities 
were greatly dilated, their walls hypertrophic, and their lining 
membranes exhibited inflammation. The valves shewed their cor- 
puscula aurantii larger than usual, those of the tricuspid more so 
than those of the bicuspid ; but the valves themselves were not at 
all increased in size. Those of the aorta and pulmonary artery 
likewise were healthy. The pericardium was inflamed ; the lungs 
slightly so. 
STATEMENT OF THE CASES OF DISEASES AMONG 
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS OCCURRING AT THE 
EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
From the 1st to the 28th of February, inclusive. 
By Professor Dick. 
Disease. 
Number of Cases. 
Deaths. 
Horses. Neat Cattle. Dogs. 
Horses. Neat Cattle Dogs. 
Abscess, in various parts ... 
4 
Caries of Facial Bones ...... 
1 
Catarrh and Inf 1 aenza 
10 
Colic 
12 
Constitutional Debility .... 
1 
Distemper 
4 
..! !.! i 
Dysuria 
1 
Eyes, Diseases and Injuries 
of 
4 
Examinations as to Sound- 
ness 
15 
Farcy and Glanders 
1 
i .! 
F eet, Wounds and Bruises of, 
23 
Canker in 
1 
73 0 4 
1 0 1 
