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they can hardly be distinguished, and it is difficult to tell which 
of the two predominates—the pneumonic or the enteritic. 
The progress and termination of this form is generally rapid, 
in some cases lasting only one or two days, and even less. 
In other cases, though severe, from seven to nine days elapse 
before death occurs, or, as the author has sometimes seen it, by 
its termination in cure—in which case, however, the con¬ 
valescence is generally very long, and great care and attention 
are required. 
Post-mortem appearances .—The lungs are of a reddish 
colour; their aspect is not that of pneumonia; they are not 
spotted with black or gray patches, neither are there any 
abscesses; the more common lesion is that of splenification, 
not hepatization. In those cases where the malady has 
assumed the character of pleurisy, a quantity of fluid is found 
in the cavity of the chest,—in some cases, as the author 
asserts, as much as from thirty to forty litres; fibro-albumin- 
ous deposits are, however, rarely found in this fluid, neither 
are those false membranes which in true cases of pleuritis 
cover the pleura. This is worthy of notice, as it shows the 
disease to be of a different nature. The pericardium is of a 
pale colour, it contains always a little effusion; the substance 
of the heart is soft, pale, and easily divided by the fingers; 
the coagulum contained in the ventricles is soft and semi¬ 
fluid. The blood in the large arterial and venous trunks 
offers the same characters as that in the cavities of the heart. 
The nervous system does not present much alteration, except 
a little effusion occasionally found in the theca of the spinal 
cord. In the abdominal form the principal lesions are on the 
mucous membrane of the intestines. The stomach in the ma¬ 
jority of cases is empty, but sometimes contains a small quan¬ 
tity of liquid ingesta; the mucous membrane of the left por¬ 
tion is of a grayish colour, presenting numerous small black 
or red spots; true ecchymoses of various sizes. Sometimes 
the mucous membrane is thickened, principally towards the 
pylorus, where it is frequently found studded with small 
ulcers. In the small intestines there is constantly found a 
greater or less amount of matter of a dirty-grayish colour ; the 
mucous membrane is more or less thickened, softened, and of 
a purple-red colour, on which are seen numerous small spots 
of a black-purple colour. The glands of Peyer are hyper¬ 
trophied, and form visible saillies under the mucous mem¬ 
brane ; but the author has never found these follicles ulcerated, 
but has found them so softened that the slightest pressure of 
the fingers was sufficient to destroy the mucous membrane 
covering them. Although the glands of Peyer have not been 
