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KABIES CANINA. 
When no indigesta are found, there is a fluid resembling the 
deepest chocolate mingled with olive, and staining the mucous 
coat; or, still darker, like coffee, yet communicating no stain. 
When neither the indigesta nor the fluid appear, it will be 
discovered on inquiry that the dog has vomited much hair, hay, 
and straw. 
The outer vessels of the stomach usually turgid. 
If there be much inflammation of the stomach, it extends to 
the duodenum, and, occasionally to the small intestines; but 
in no case is there the slightest discharge of blood from the 
vessels of the mucous coat. 
If the inflammation of the stomach be slight, the bowels are 
not affected. 
The other abdominal viscera present no peculiar morbid ap¬ 
pearance. 
If much fever has attended the progress of the disease, the 
parietes of the ventricles of the heart exhibit the deep colour 
of carditis, and spots of ecchymosis are found upon the mem¬ 
branes lining the ventricles; but, in most cases, no vestige of 
disease can be traced in the heart. 
The brain will usually display some vascularity of the mem¬ 
branes, particularly of the pia mater : the degree of this vascu¬ 
larity depending on the previous phrenitis. When the animal 
has exhibited no great ferocity or delirium, little inflammation 
of the meninges appearing. I have never seen much increased 
vascularity of the cerebral substance. 
In every case the medulla oblongata is afiected. Occasionally, 
an injection of the membranes, curiously marked, when com¬ 
pared with a portion of the spinal cord below, or the cerebral 
mass above. The substance of the medulla oblongata, and 
especally of the corpora olivaria, generally presenting increased 
vascularity. Minute specks of blood following the scalpel, and 
the greyish yellow of the corpus olivarium having a slight hue 
of pink mingled with it. 
I have seen vascularity of the membranes through the whole 
of the spinal cord, and, in a few instances, this vascularity has 
increased about the lumbar region ; but, generally speaking, no 
decisive trace of disease is to be found in any part of the ver¬ 
tebral canal. 
Cases or Communications, addressed to the Edito?' of the Veterinarian^ at the 
Printer s, (post paid) will meet wdth due consideration. 
John Hillf Printei'j Black Horse CAmrt, Fleet St^reet, 
