GENERAL VISCERAL DISEASE. 
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of (I believe) coaguable lymphs which appeared not unlike 
curds of milk. The whole of the abdominal viscera was in¬ 
flamed more or less. 
The spleen was enormously hypertrophied, its weight being 
estimated by several persons who were present (and who 
afterwards weighed it), to be much above 20 lbs. Upon further 
examination it was found to contain an enormous abscess, 
and besides, contained two smaller ones. It had adhesion to 
the parietes of the abdomen by a kind of scirrhous tissue, 
which gives out with some difficulty. 
I am. Dear Sir, 
Yours respectfully. 
P.S.—I here give you the name of the owner, residence, 
&c., although I cannot authorise their receiving publicity. 
But I think it proper that parties’ names should be known to 
you, as I am of opinion, with the writer of an article in your 
Journal a short time since, that many of the Mr. A’s and B’s, 
&c 0 , are imaginary, and what they write the outpourings or 
overflowing of a diseased imagination. 
GENERAL VISCERAL DISEASE, WITH ANOMALOUS 
OSSEOUS DEPOSIT IN THE LIVER. 
By T. Younghusband, V.S., Greystoke. 
Dear Sir, —In relating to you the following case, which 
has lately come under my notice, I do not intend to go 
through all the particulars thereof, such as the every-day 
symptoms, treatment, &c., but only to give a short outline, 
to show how easy it is to be deceived in our prognosis. 
Sept. 18,1852.—Requested to attend a milch cow belonging 
to a farmer in my neighbourhood, which had been in his pos¬ 
session about four months. It was in fair condition, and 
manifested no symptoms of disease until the day I was called 
in. I found her down, looking dull and listless, with little or 
no appetite for food; ears and legs of a natural temperature; 
pulse weak; body rather swollen; bowels constipated; lac¬ 
tation entirely suspended; respiration not much accelerated, 
but occasionally a short cough; and the visible mucous mem¬ 
branes of a natural hue. 
Such was the state of the animal as near as I can describe, 
and according to these symptoms, to the best of my judgment, 
