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five litres of black fluid, having a gangrenous odour, escaped. 
This sac proved to be nothing less than the pericardium, which 
had formed strong adhesions with the pleura costalis, as well as 
the pleura pulmonalis, but the strongest adhesion was at the 
apex of the heart. At the base of this adherence the head 
of a needle, implanted in the left ventricle of the heart, was 
perceived. The heart was of an enormous size ; its appear¬ 
ance would have led one to believe that it had undergone the 
process of maceration ; the weight of it was 4 kilogs., that 
of the pericardium 3 kilogs. 250 grains. The needle, which 
was four centimetres in length, had traversed the apex of the 
left ventricle in an oblique direction, and a sort of tube, 
having a cutaneous coat, was formed around it. The right 
lobe of the lungs showed traces of hepatisation, and the pos¬ 
terior part adhered to the diaphragm. The muscular tissue of 
the heart presented no alteration, with the exception of a cer¬ 
tain paleness of colour, characteristic of hyperaemia; the ven¬ 
tricles contained no clots of coagulated blood, and were 
perfectly empty. 
A similar case has been reported by Barrier, Veterinaire 
a Chartre, as far back as 1776. This occurred also in a 
cow, and the animal showed similar symptoms to those re¬ 
ported by M. Coulon. She also constantly raised the left 
fore leg and shoulder, as if she felt great pain. Death followed 
on the fourth day after the first symptoms. The alterations 
seen j post mortem were—the lungs presented a marbled appear¬ 
ance, and were in a state of phlogosis ; the heart and peri¬ 
cardium looked as if macerated, and its substance could be 
easily separated by the fingers; the pericardium contained 
a serous, fetid liquid, of a grayish colour, and in a fatty, 
adventitious deposit within the heart, a hair-pin was found, 
about three inches long. The spot occupied by this foreign 
body had undergone no alteration. There were in the 
parenchyma of the heart several small, gangrenous abscesses, 
but all empty and dry.— Corresp. de Fr. de Feufjre , 1810. 
TUBERCULOUS STATE OE THE MITRAL VALVE OE THE 
HEART OE A PIG. 
By M. Pussacq, V.S. a Vicq. 
The subject of this alteration was a ten-months-old pig. 
It had been ailing for some time when the author was sent 
for, but it was impossible closely to examine the animal, on 
account of its savage disposition. There was great difficulty 
