REPORTS OF CASES. 
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Autopsy No. i.—A red bullock found dead at the Monarch 
distillery on the afternoon of the 5th inst. Autopsy conducted 
at once while the animal was still warm. The body was ex¬ 
tremely emaciated, and showed numerous large tumors about 
the under side of neck and jaw, around pharynx and larynx. 
The lungs throughout their greater part were thickly studded 
with actinomycetic tumors, varying in size from a hazel nut 
to as small as could be seen with the eye, some semi-solid, 
others containing thick yellowish white ones. Some portions 
of the lungs were gangrenous and foul smelling. 
Autopsy No. 2.—A red and white bullock in charge of the 
Great Western Distilling Company, aged four years, weigh¬ 
ing about thirteen hundred pounds, in good condition of flesh, 
selected for autopsy by Mr. Joseph Greenhut; animal slaugh¬ 
tered to-day and autopsy made immediately afterwards. Be¬ 
neath the jaws, loosely attached, somewhat to the right side, 
there was a tumor about the size of a man’s double fists, 
which, upon section was found composed mainly of cicatricial 
tissue, radiating from centre outwards, and thickly studded 
throughout with small yellowish nodules as large as a mus¬ 
tard seed, doubtless composed of aggregations of actinomy- 
ces. A hardened cicatrix about the size of a hazel nut was 
found on the upper surface near the base of the tongue, which, 
on section, was found to contain yellow knots of actinomy¬ 
cosis. A similar tumor of about the same size and of same 
appearance on section, was found in the pharynx. A lym¬ 
phatic gland taken from the region of the pharynx showed on 
section, groups of actinomyces. Small yellowish nodules 
of actinomyces, varying in size from a pin’s head to that of 
a linseed were found numerously scattered in the mesentery, 
and in the muscular walls of the small bowels, and some simi¬ 
lar tumors were found in the walls of the ccecum. The peri 
and endocardi were thickly studded with large and inflam¬ 
matory patches. 
Autopsy No. 3.—A white and red bullock in charge of the 
Monarch Distilling Company, selected for autopsy by our 
selves ; animal extremely emaciated and showing several hard 
tumors as large as a man’s fist about the pharynx and larynx. 
