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interrupted at times, and terminating in a hissing sound at 
the expiration. 
Percussion also denoted the extreme state within, and 
gave rise to a cough which was feeble, hollow, and weak, 
with an expectoration too characteristic to be forgotten; no 
appetite, and diabetes present. 
1 informed the owner of the nature of the case, and 
advised him to have the animal destroyed, to which he 
consented. 
Autopsy .—Abdominal viscera pale and flaccid, especially 
the stomach. The liver resembled the spleen in colour, and 
exhibited a kind of fracture when torn ; large clots of blood 
rolling out, and the capsule thickened. The spleen was 
similarly affected. The kidneys were rather paler than 
natural, but of normal size; when cut in half they resembled 
cartilage more than anything else, and contained spots of 
calcareous matter. The tubes were thickened and secreted a 
creamy fluid. The left kidney was by far the worst, the 
pelvis being plugged with lymph. The intestines contained 
but a small quantity of fluid; the mesenteric glands were 
swollen and contained pus. The left lung was considerably 
congested; the right hepatized, gray hepatization prevailing- 
in the centre, and having abscesses, a few of which contained 
small lumps of calcareous matter diffused in a creamy fluid. 
The membranes of the bronchi were thickened and secreting; 
pus ; the pleurae also were thickened and opaque, and calca¬ 
reous bulbs or knobs existed in glandular-shaped bodies at 
the base of the heart. 
4 . ANASARCA, DEPENDING UPON HYPERTROPHY OF THE 
HEART, AND DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. 
The subject of the above was a bay horse used for farming 
purposes. My attention being requested in consequence of 
a loss of appetite, failing condition, and unthrifty appearance, 
with cedematous swelling of the breast and abdomen, which 
had been allowed to proceed unattended for six weeks. As 
my patient was aged (about nine or ten years), of a coarse 
shape and breed, with heavy head, drooping ears, and 
hanging lips, his appearance was not at all improved by the 
following symptoms: — 
The anasarca extends from the point of the sternum an¬ 
teriorly, along the pectoral and abdominal muscles to the 
sheath, which is unusually swollen and pendulous; the 
coat stares, and the condition is very defective; there is a 
general equalisation of temperature of the body; the visible, 
