CHRONIC INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION. 
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Nov. 1 3th, 18*33. — Badger. Ate its breakfast well, but was 
seen about two o’clock lying on its side and struggling violently. 
In a few minutes it died. The peritoneal coat of the intestines 
was inflamed through their whole extent, and there was con- 
siderable injection of the mesentery. The spleen was of a 
blacker colour than usual. The stomach was devoid of inflam- 
mation, and so was the mucous coat of the intestines : the lungs 
were sound. 
Nov. 34 th . — Badger. Refused its food last night, but there 
was no other appearance of illness. This morning it was found 
dead. There was intense inflammation of the peritoneal coat, 
with a very slight one of the mucous coat, and none of the 
stomach. There was considerable effusion of bloody fluid in 
the stomach : the lungs were sound. 
The examination of these two cases of sudden death, so closely 
after each other, and presenting nearly the same lesions, could 
not fail of being interesting. The intense inflammation of the 
peritoneal coat, with the comparative absence of inflammation of 
the mucous one or the stomach, prove pretty clearly that the 
food had nothing to do with it. It was, however, plainly the 
same cause that affected both. Recollecting the different cha- 
racter of the summer and winter quarters of the badger, I should 
have said that it arose from our neglect in making this difference 
here, and that the peritoneal inflammation was attributable to the 
influence of external cold, as in the zebra, but these badgers had 
been in the gardens two years, and had not been shifted, and 
their boxes were thoroughly warm and comfortable. I cannot 
help thinking that cold had something to do with it. 
Nov. 24 th, 1833. — Muntjuk Deer. Coughs a little; some- 
what off its food, muzzle dry. Give a half pound of salts. 
28 th . — Very considerably better. 
Dec. 1st . — Apparently well, discharged. 
19 th . — The phthisicky cough has returned . There is a stiffness 
of motion, referrible chiefly to the hinder legs. There is some- 
thing serious in the case now. Give a half pound of salts. 
21 st . — A little better. Give nightly a fever powder. Digital, 
gr. vj, nitre ^ij, sulphur ,-ij . 
28 th . — Has apparently been doing well until last night. It 
can now scarcely be induced to move. Give an ounce of Epsom 
salts, and afterwards, two drachms each of the salts and of 
caraway powder daily. 
31 st . — Feeds better; the coat is smoother, and the animal is in 
