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wed the following symptoms: temperature, 103°; respiration, 
; pulse, 65; a loose cough accompanied by a discharge of 
cus. On auscultation no sound was heard in lower portion of 
g, and precussion showed dullness in the same region. The 
gnosis of tuberculosis, formerly made by Dr. Michener, was 
ifirmed and the owner advised to have the animal destroyed, 
ich he consented to do. Accordingly, on April 9th, veterinary 
geons R. J. Michener, R. P. Steddorn, M.D., and Bruce Fisher, 
D., also myself, proceeded to the farm where the cow was 
>t, to destroy and hold a post mortem on same. 
On examination, in addition to the above symptoms, a very 
t’ked friction murmer was heard over the region of the heart, 
er destroying the animal and removing one fore extremity in 
er to gain access to the chest,the abdominal walls were punctured 
l laid open, exposing the peritoneum, which was found to be 
essively thickened and covered on the internal surface with 
y numerous tubercular deposits, with entire absence of abdom- 
l fluid. The liver was found slightly congested, with possibly 
process of fatty degeneration beginning to manifest itself. 
3 kidneys and spleen were normal. In the thoracic cavity the 
aral sacks were found slightly thickened in the lower portion, 
pericardium much thickened and marked by tubercular de- 
its on the inner surface in the ventricular portion; this ac- 
nted for the friction murmer heard before death. The heart 
* normal. The lower third of each lung was filled by tubercu- 
3 deposits, infiltrated with mucopurulent matter. At the apex 
each lung a large amount of broken down tissue was found. 
, 3 upper portion of each lung was normal. 
1GE LACERATED WOUNDS IN A COLT.—EXCELLENT EFFECTS 
OF THE USE OF BROMO CHLORALUM. 
By J. Albright, V.S. 
On the 14th of March I was called to see an English draft 
rling colt which had been gored by a -shorthorn bull. 
Condition .—I found an ugly looking wound, the colt being ad- 
3e to moving around, between the 9th rib, counting from behind 
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