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appearance, while the posterior extremities showed lymphatic 
exudates. The bushel-basket mass, known as the heait, 
weighed about 42 to 45 pounds. 
The family used the milk from that cow for the last four 
years, and having a tuberculous member among them, was ad¬ 
vised to use goat’s milk by their physician for the patient. 
The animal was purchased, and supplied the necessary nourish¬ 
ing and health-bringing fluid to the above for five months. 
Three weeks ago the owner called at my office, requesting me 
to examine the goat, stating that she was breathing heavily, 
coughing, discharge sanguine in character from the nostrils, 
andas she failed to eat and drink he feared to use the milk, and 
therefore consulted me. 
Examination .—Both lungs consolidated 5 temperature ele¬ 
vated, animal in distress, respirations hurried. I gave tuber¬ 
culin injection, remaining in town that night to superintend the 
taking of the temperature, etc., and to conduct the autopsy the 
following morning. 
Result of the Injection. —Well-marked case of tuberculosis 
pulmonalis, with the post-mortem lesions and the subsequent 
examination of the lungs by the microscope. 
Post-mortem .—The lungs of the goat were a mass of tuber¬ 
cles, as well as the liver, showing not only caseous abscesses, 
but calcified nodules; along with a slight fatty degenerated 
condition of the cardiac organ. 
This gives us another illustration of our government pro¬ 
tection practised in our Empire State, and how much home rule 
we want in order that not only the healthy consumer of milk is 
afforded proper protection, but the miserable wretch that is al¬ 
ready saturated with the bacilli, where as the last respurce goat’s 
milk is being administered. 
PERIODIC VOMITION DUE TO GASTRIC LESIONS. 
By James A. Waugh, V.S., Allegheny, Pa. 
A large black mare mule belonging to the Q. M. Dept., U. S. 
A., had been used several years in the Northern territories, and in 
1888 was shipped south to New Mexico. She suffered severely 
from periodic attacks of vomition about every twenty or tliirt) 
days, with symptoms simulating those seen in acute indigestion, 
except gaseous distention. Violent convulsions prostrated this 
patient at intervals of about forty minutes. She would invari¬ 
ably be attacked in the evening about sunset ; would vomit about 
half a bushel of masticated food and fluids with much frothy 
