550 
FRANK H. MILLER. 
u Poorly nourished terrier, male. Rigor mortis visible, but 
not marked. Both eyes are cataractous. In the free cavity of 
the abdomen is a small quantity of clear yellow fluid. The 
parietal and visceral peritoneum is pale red in color and smooth. 
Position of the viscera normal. The contents of the digestive 
canal consists of a small quantity of slimy turbid looking fluid. 
The stomach contains only a layer of mucous material. The 
mucous membrane of the rectum and the pylorus of the stomach 
is thickened and thrown into folds, which are upon their sum¬ 
mits very red and injected. The spleen is brown-red in color, 
the pulp firm, and in cross section the trabeculae are plainly 
visible. The liver is enlarged and of yellow-brown color, and 
in the middle of the enlarged acini one can define the central 
vein with difficulty, while the yellow outside zone appears quite 
diffuse. The cross section of the organ appears dry and glisten¬ 
ing and of grey yellow tint. Microscopically one can discern 
that the hepatic cells are filled with small glistening fat droplets 
and pigmentary granules, the latter lying particularly toward 
vena centralis. Pancreas very small and dense. The kidneys 
are brown-red in color, capsules easily detached. The epithelium 
of the straight tubules is fatty, so much so that the latter give a 
pale striped substance. The mucous membrane of the bladder 
is covered with a layer of grey-red mucous. The mucous 
lining of the ureters is in a normal condition. The entire 
pleura is smooth and glistening. The cardial sack 
contains no abnormal fluid. The myocardium is some¬ 
what soft and gelatinous looking. The lungs are black-red, 
thoroughly pervious to air and crepitate over all upon touch. 
In the sub-pleural interlobular and alveolar tissues are small air 
vesicles (emphysema). The mucous membranes of the upper 
air passages are normal. Brain to all appearances normal, but 
the meningeal vessels are much gorged with dark blood. Patho¬ 
logical diagnosis: Gastritis and proctitis catarrlialis. Fatty 
infiltration of the liver. Chronic tubular nephritis. Emphysema 
pulmonum. Cataracta bilateralis.” 
Case No. 4 .—Patient a small white male spitz, extremely 
