REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
335 
Case 4. 
On the evening of May 9th, information was brought to the Com¬ 
missioners that a fresh outbreak of the malady had occurred in the 
village of Kamienica. On hearing this, we were almost immediately 
on the spot, and found that a cow, one of five of the herd, was fast 
sinking from the disease. It was evident that she had been ill for at 
least two or three days, but had not been reported. The Commissioners 
expressed much dissatisfaction at this, and immediately took possession 
of all the animals, and sent them off the premises into quarantine. The 
key of the stable in which the cow had been standing was delivered over 
to the keeping of the military, and the cordon established. 
We may here repeat, that if a proprietor conceals the fact of the ap¬ 
pearance of the pest among his cattle, or has been in any way instru¬ 
mental in bringing it among them when it prevails in the locality, the 
entire loss which he may sustain falls upon himself, the Government 
refusing to make any allowance even for those that are ordered to be 
killed by their officers. This course was, therefore, the one adopted in 
the present instance. 
The most marked symptoms shown by the animal in question were— 
a profuse dysenteric purging; indistinct pulse ; rapid breathing ; surface 
of body and limbs cold ; eyes sunk in their orbits; discharge of mucus 
mingled with lymph from the eyes and nostrils; staggering gait, and 
great prostration of strength. Indeed, on the way to the quarantine 
station she fell twice, although the distance was not more than three 
hundred yards. It was also with much difficulty that she was made to 
rise. In this condition she lingered on for about eight hours, when 
death put an end to her sufferings. 
The principal lesions observed in making the post-mortem exa¬ 
mination, were—ulcerations at the root of the tongue, with extensive 
turgescence of all the surrounding vessels; tonsils loaded with effused 
lymph, and likewise all the follicles of the fauces and contiguous parts. 
Large shreds of lymph also existed in the windpipe and bronchial tubes. 
The heart was pale and flaccid. The abomasum w as not so much affected 
as in other cases we have quoted, nor w r as any portion of either the small 
or large intestines. Where diseased, however, the lesions of these viscera 
were precisely similar to those already described. The mucous membrane 
of the gall-bladder was extensively diseased, but the ducts of the liver were 
free from deposits of lymph. Excess of fluid existed in the ventricles 
of the brain and also in the spinal sheath. All the other organs 
were free from structural change. 
