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In each autopsy made the coxo-femoral articulations (hip joints) 
were found much altered, their ligaments enlarged, softened and^ 
congested. Other observers state that in some cases these liga¬ 
ments become so fragile from disease that they are sometimes rup¬ 
tured. 
The synovial capsules of the hip joint were found filled with 
reddish-colored synovia, and the membrane injected and dark 
colored, and in several cases in the acetabulum was found a well- 
marked dark purple spot, surrounding the attachment of the 
round ligament of the hip joint (ligamentum teres.) 
The bowels were found pale, and in some cases showing signs of 
previous inflammation on their peritoneal surface. The mesentery 
presented a pale saffron color and increased thickness, due to a 
gummatous deposit. 
The mesenteric lymphatics were uniformly enlarged, pale yel¬ 
low and friable. 
The spleen was pale, small, shrivelled, tough and hard. 
The liver was soft and filled with dark blood. 
The Jcidneys were found somewhat enlarged, very pale, and 
containing considerable watery fluid. 
The genital organs fail to exhibit the extraordinary changes 
one would naturally expect to find. In a well marked case in a 
mare, affected one year, where the vaginal discharge persisted to 
time of slaughter, the autopsy revealed the uterus and vagina con¬ 
taining a considerable amount of a dirty grayish-yellow purulent 
matter, the uterus enlarged to thrice its natural size, and its 
lining membrane and that of the vagina, pale yellowish white, 
thickened and wrinkled. The left ovary contained a cyst, filled 
with one ounce of yellowish serum. 
Stallions. Autopsies on several stallions, all diseased from 
one and one-half to over two years, exhibited the general changes 
as previously indicated, while in some cases the genitals showed 
marked changes, and in others there were very slight deviations 
only from the natural state. One very bad case, Black Brilliant 
(-^III)> had scrotum enlarged to about ten times its natural size, 
hard and unyielding to the touch. The skin of the scrotum 
was enormously thickened and of a pale yellow color. The in- 
