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animals suffering from this disease, and a number of post-mortem 
examinations, especially on sheep, have given the conditions described. 
Lutz mentions flatulence of the lower abdomen as a common symp- 
tom, and Sandwith (189d, p. 11) found it present to a slight extent in 
one-third of the cases. 
Hair . — See page 61. 
Genitcdia . — See page 78. 
EXTEEMITIES. 
Nothing of any particular note was observed in connection with the 
bones; for the muscles see p. 73. In many cases the feet and ankles 
were swollen, and in several cases the legs were marked with ulcers. 
See p. 59. 
According to Sandwith (1891, p. 12), edema of the legs, like albu- 
minuria, is to be seen only in the worst cases, and some of these had 
general edema when admitted in a dying condition. 
GENITALIA. 
See page 78. 
MUCOUS MEMBRANES. 
All mucous membranes correspond, in respect to their color, to the 
grade of anemia. (See Eyelids, p. 65; nostrils, p. 66; lips and gums, 
p. 66; tongue, p. 67; genitalia, p. 78.) 
EXCRETIONS AND SECRETIONS. 
URINE. 
I have no observations to record in regard to the urine. Sandwith 
(1891, p. 11) states that — j 
“The urine is not unlike that of ordinary anemia, neutral or alkaline in equal 
proportion, and rarely acid, pale colored, Avith specific gravity ranging from 1010 , 
to 1015. A trace of albumen A\'as present in all the most advanced cases, Avithout ■ 
casts under the microscope. ’ ’ 
According to Zinn and Jacoby (1898, p. 16), Lussana (1890) found 
in the urine of patients suffering from uncinariasis a poisonous sub- I 
stance of the nature of a ptomaine, Avhich caused extensive changes ; 
in the rabbit’s blood, especially a change in the number of red blood : 
corpuscles, and also poikilocytosis. These results are said to have! 
been confirmed by Arslan (1892). 
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FECES. 
Consistency . — The feces ma}^ be hard or soft, according to the pres-|j 
ence of constipation or diarrhea. ij 
Reaction . — In reaction the feces ma}^ be acid, alkaline, or neutral, if 
Color . — In a large proportion of medium and severe cases, the feces: • 
are reddish to brown in color. In some cases blood is present. i 
