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injection. The fourth stomach, and also the small intestines, presented 
a dark-coloured condition of their outer surface, which, however, was 
ascertained to depend on the congested state of their mucous lining, as 
seen through the other coats. The first stomach—rumen—was free from 
disease; but its epithelial lining could be readily peeled off in places, 
doubtless from changes which had taken place since death. This stomach 
contained some rather dry ingesta. A similar state of things was met 
with in both the reticulum and omasum, but no true loser diirre existed. 
The lining membrane of the fourth stomach—abomasum—was intensely 
reddened throughout, and its follicles crammed with lymph. Effusions 
of lymph likewise adhered in many places, as scabs of a dirty yellow 
colour, to the mucous membrane of this stomach. 
The duodenum, near to the pylorus, was in a similar state to the fourth 
stomach, as were likewise the jejunum and ileum in several detached 
places along their course. Peyer’s glands were free from ulceration, 
and several of them had every appearance of health. The mucous 
membrane of the large intestines was ulcerated here and there, while 
in other parts no change of structure could be detected. These intes¬ 
tines contained much mucus mixed with shreds of lymph. The liver 
was healthy in its substance, and the gall-bladder was filled with a green¬ 
ish-coloured bile. Its lining membrane was free from disease, but thin 
bands of lymph could be drawn from out of many of the large biliary 
ducts. The urinary and genitive organs gave no evidence of disease. 
The brain and spinal marrow were firm, and presented no structural 
change. An unusual quantity of fluid, however, existed both in the 
ventricles of the brain and also in the upper part of the theca ver- 
tebralis. 
In consequence of the occurrence of this case and of Case No. 1 in 
the same quarantine station, the Commissioners determined to slaughter 
the rest of the cattle, consisting of five, preserving only the animal in 
question for our special purposes. This resolve was taken on May 8th, 
and was somewhat hastened by the circumstance that all the animals 
were in very low condition and of little value, being the property of 
small farmers but one degree superior in position to the peasants. The 
greatest difficulty also existed in procuring sufficient food for them, 
and poor women, the wives of the proprietors, could be daily seen 
standing up to their knees in water in the mountain streams for hours 
together, with scarcely clothing sufficient to cover their persons, 
washing couch grass, which they had picked from off the land in order 
to feed the animals. The step was, doubtless, rendered necessary 
by the circumstances. It was nevertheless most painful to witness 
the lamentations of these poor women on its being carried into execu¬ 
tion. 
Shortly after the removal and slaughter of the animals, the quarantine 
station was set on fire, and soon razed to the ground. 
