730 DEATH OF A GREYHOUND FROM HAEMORRHAGE, ETC. 
almost imperceptible. Beef tea was offered him, which he 
took. He was drenched twice with castor oil and turpentine. 
The medicine operated, and he seemed rather better next 
day; but it was only in appearance, for at night he grew 
worse. The medicine was repeated. By-and-bye he refused 
to take his beef tea and gradually sank, not appearing the 
while to suffer pain. Death took place on June 27, at 2 
p.m., terminating an acute illness of seven days altogether. 
During the eighteen hours immediately preceding death a 
considerable quantity of bloody matter was vomited, and tbe 
mouth and fauces were covered with blood, drops of which 
fell from his lips. 
The post-mortem examination was made at nine o’clock. 
There were no external injuries present, but on turning back 
the pectoral muscles of the left side a large ecchymosis was 
discovered extending from the fifth to the eighth rib inclu¬ 
sive. There were no ribs fractured. The moment the 
abdominal cavity was opened a quantity of blood ran out, 
and I found that the peritoneal cavity was filled with blood, 
the intestines lying collapsed at the bottom, L e. on the ver¬ 
tebral column, the body being placed upon its back while the 
examination was being made. 
The thoracic cavity was filled with fluid blood, the col¬ 
lapsed lungs, and air. The lungs were but little crepitous, 
and neither of them contained heteroplastic deposit of any 
kind ; and although the right one was somewhat congested 
the left was perfectly natural in colour and texture. The larynx 
contained a small quantity of blood which had apparently 
been swallowed, as the trachea throughout its whole extent 
was natural in colour, clean, and empty. At the bronchial 
bifurcation, however, the mucous membrane was of a dark 
sooty colour as if from infiltration of carbonaceous matter. 
The mouth was covered with blood, and the lips also, and 
the tongue was protruded beyond their margin. The gullet 
contained a toughish muco-gelatinous substance, and the 
mucous membrane was much injected and inflamed. 
The pericardium was quite translucent and healthy in 
appearance ; but the connective tissue binding together the 
great vessels at the root of the lungs and base of the heart 
was congested and infiltrated with blood. Notwithstanding 
this the coats of the vessels themselves were intact. The 
heart was healthy in texture. The left cavity and aorta 
were normal in appearance and quite empty. The right 
cavity also was natural in texture and contained a small 
quantity of fluid blood. 
There was a congested spot about an inch in length in the 
