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more solid. In tearing the organ open with the fingers we may 
find it is as easily penetrated as a mass of cooked oatmeal; it has 
a dark brown or black color, and resembles somewhat thick, but 
soft, crushed black raspberry preserves. The bladder is gener¬ 
ally full of dark-colored water. The kidneys may present some 
alterations unappreciable to the ordinary observer. Occasionally 
they are friable and dark. 
If the animals were on dry food, the third stomach (manifolds) 
may be full of hardened, and more or less dry food. This must 
not lead to the belief of having a case of so-called u dry murrain,” 
as sometimes occurs. This condition of the third stomach on dry 
food is a reasonable consequence of the impaired digestion and 
the fever occurring in the disease. When the animals are on soft 
feed this condition is not observed, or is very slight. 
In conclusion, I will say that the stupor, rapid falling off of 
flesh, increasing gauntness, bloody or dark urine, and soft, en¬ 
larged spleen, with a history showing the origin of the disease to 
have been from foreign cattle, or imported germs, are conclusive 
evidences of the existence of splenic or Texas fever. 
When this is known, the healthy native animals should be 
immediately removed from where they became sick, and from 
foreign cattle, and not remove the foreign cattle and leave the 
natives on the infected grounds, as is frequently done. By this 
means those that may have, to the date of separation, escaped the 
infection of the germs, may stay free. Those already infected, 
however, whether sick or not, may succumb later. I consider it 
wiser to remove healthy natives from the grounds where the dis¬ 
eased natives are left. 
MALADIE DU COIT, DOURINE, ETC. 
Under this heading may be described a syphilitic disease of 
the equine specie—horse, ass, etc. Owing to its mode of trans¬ 
mission, it is naturally special to stallions and mares, but of course 
may be inoculated to any animal of the equine family. It was 
spread at different times in European countries by stallions from 
Syria. It was observed and studied in France, Germany, Rus¬ 
sia, etc., and now may be found occasionally among Arabian 
horses and other breeds on the coast of Africa on the Med iter- 
