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CHOLERA AMONG POULTRY. 
of the animal, and death was rapid in proportion to the quantity 
of the evacuations. In many cases I have learned, that the 
coldness of the sick birds was very remarkable. A few recoveries 
were noticed towards the termination of the epizootic. As far as 
I can find out, about 500 fowls died of the disease, or were killed 
in consequence of the development of its symptoms. 
After death the colour of the skin was the same as in fowls 
strangled without being bled. The bodies were w r arm for at least 
three hours, and the cadaveric rigidity was very remarkable. 
I have taken much pains in seeking for any pathological alter¬ 
ations which might explain the cause of the disease, but my 
research was quite in vain. The brain was white, and free from 
congestion. The heart was bloodless, and of its usual consistence. 
The aorta contained fluid blood. The lungs were rosy and cre¬ 
pitating. The mucous membrane of the oesophagus frequently 
shewed little papillse, surmounted here and there with a white 
point, like a minute grain of sand, adhering to the centre of the 
papilla. The crop always contained food; the gizzard was 
strongly contracted; the intestine presented occasional reddish 
patches, especially in the situations where little parcels of worms 
were found. The liver was gorged with black and tarry blood ; 
the gall-bladder distended with thick green bile. 
This epizootic is quite different from the “ maladie charbon- 
neuse” of Chabert, and from that described by Boronio. Neither 
has it any analogy to the “ pip,” for the tongue was always in a 
natural state .—Journal Hebdomadaire. —(Lancet, July 7,1832.) 
We invite the attention of our readers to this extract. We have 
heard a great deal about cholera in horses and cattle ; and we know that in 
some of the fens and moors there was an epidemic, in the early part of the 
year, that carried off great numbers of young cattle ; but it seemed to be 
one of the varieties of catarrhal fever, or influenza. For our own parts, we 
have not observed any particular unhealthiuess among domesticated ani¬ 
mals; and there have been few seasons in which we have met with less 
diarrhoea. We invite the attention of our readers to this subject, for it is a 
very important one.— Edit. 
LATEST ODDS—GOODWOOD CUP. 
6 to 4 agst. Priam; 7 to 2 agst. St. Giles; 6 to 1 agst. Rowton ; 8 to 1 
agst. Lady Fly ; 15 to 1 agst. Beiram. 
ST. LEGER. 
8 to 1 agst. Returner; 9 to 1 agst. Margrave ; 10 to 1 agst. Perion ; 1L to 1 
agst. Julius; 12 to 1 agst. Fang; 12 to 1 agst. Ludlow; 12 to 1 agst. 
Trustee; 16 to 1 agst. Burgomaster; 20 to 1 agst. Birdcatcbcr ; 25 to 1 
agst. Conrad. 
To Correspondents. —Mr. Vines on Mr. Turner’s Theory of Animal 
Heat, and Mr. Brewer’s Case of Perforation of the Duodenum by Bots, in 
our next. 
