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Two other observations of the same kind are recorded. One 
is recorded by Siedamgrotzky; but in this case, the parasite was 
represented only by the raspberry form, or grouped masses, whose 
rounded elements formed in gathering together, spherical lobules, 
resembling very much small acini glands. Johne considers these 
to he a peculiar microccoccis, having no relation to the bovine 
actinomycosis; but he attributes to it a pathogenic action in the 
production of funiculitis. 
The other observation is from Mr. Semmer of Dorpat. In an 
animal killed for anatomical purposes, he found purulent collec¬ 
tions in the middle of old inflammatory lesions of a testicular cord, 
of the inguinal glands of the same side, on the surface of the 
liver, and of the diaphragm, and on various parts of the peritoneum. 
There were some also in the lungs. The pus of these abscesses 
contained small brown-yellowish masses, whose microscopic aspect 
much resembled, according to Semmer, the structure of actinomy¬ 
cosis. 
Amongst the cases of Johne, one was entirely conclusive; the 
parasite resembled exactly that found in the maxillary tumors of 
the ox. Two others were nearly as positive; the fourth was less so. 
According to the author, these are simply a degraded form of 
actinomycosis bovis, a form which he has often seen in cattle, and 
especially in a case of a tumor of the recticulum. 
In the microscopical point of view, the characters of the alter¬ 
ations of the ventricular cord resemble also those of the actinomy- 
coma of the lower jaw of cattle. Contrary to what exists in ordi¬ 
nary cases of scirrhous cord, in the parasitic form, it is the indu¬ 
rated tissue which predominates; the fistula and the purulent cav¬ 
ities are always in small number, and are often absent. 
If a section is made in one of these tumors, its fibrous bottom 
appears lardaceous, and shows small nodosities, yellow or reddish, 
isolated or collected together, and varying in size from that of a 
pea to that of a hazel nut. In these nodules, as in the purulent 
collections, when they exist, a fine yellowish powder appears, 
resembling sand or pulverized sulphur. Under the microscope 
these granulations are seen to be made of tufts of actinomycosis, 
more or less modified. 
