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proper in Europe, where a good deal of artificial hay is made 
“every year for cattle and horses. All leguminous plants contain 
a great proportion of nitrogenous substance that is very rich and 
nourishing, and disposes the system to the formation of adipose 
tissue. But they are also said to contain a specific poison, that 
causes immobility, a subacute inflammation of the brain, or other 
nervous affections, like restlessness, paralysis, roaring, sleepiness 
and even congestions. Ordinarily will often occasion nervous dis¬ 
orders, when given in large quantities. Of these dangerous legu- 
minosse, two species are particularly mentioned : they are hop- 
clover—Medicus lupinus and Lathyrus Cicera—chick vetch. Very 
similar symptoms may be caused by English Bay-grass. Dr. 
Winkler advises to use carbonic acid, bicarbonate of soda and 
tartaric acid. 
It might be possible that this irritating element in the rattle- 
weed plant has some similarity to the specific poison in all the 
leguminous plants. 
MALADIE DU COIT. 
By W. L. Williams, V.S. 
Report on the outbreak in Illinois to the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners. 
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PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. 
In animals which have succumbed to, or been destroyed in the 
last stages of the malady, there is seen quite uniformly an evident 
degree of anaemia and emaciation. Distributed throughout nearly 
every tissue in the body there is found a characteristic yellowish 
. deposit of gummatous materials, bearing a close resemblance to 
the gummata of human syphilis, especially abundant in the sub¬ 
cutaneous and intermuscular connective tissue, and nearly every 
organ of the body partakes of the general yellowish tinge. 
The muscles , especially those of the thigh and croup, are pale 
and soft, sometimes showing marks of fatty degeneration. 
The lone tissue is fragile, and both cancellated tissue and me¬ 
dulla show large brown patches. 
