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8th. To send a portion of diseased intestine, wash it out care¬ 
fully with boiled water that has been allowed to cool, tie the 
ends, and enclose in a preserving or other jar, thoroughly steril¬ 
ized by boiling. If the contents only of the bowels are wanted, 
they may be placed in a sterilized bottle or jar, and secured with 
sterilized sealed cork or cover; whenever bottles or jars are used 
careful packing is necessary to prevent breakage and loss of the 
material. 
9th. In case of a body, which has been opened without any 
special precaution, and in which lesions suggestive of infection 
are found, the organ showing the lesions may be washed in a 
succession of waters that have been boiled and cooled again, and 
it may then be wrapped in a mercuric chloride cloth, and packed 
for shipment. 
loth. In sending the heart, it is important to retain the blood, 
and all vessels opening into it should be ligated before wrapping. 
Examples of Diseases Affecting the Different Dig a ns. 
In the following list, the organ named is likely to be a seat 
of infection or infestment in the diseases named in connection 
with it: 
Lively —Anthrax, hog cholera, contagious pneumonia in the 
horse (brnstsenche), omphalo-phlebitis, infectious hepatitis, en- 
tero-hepatitis of turkeys, infectious leucaemia in fowls, fowl 
cholera. Southern cattle fever, hepatic tubercle, actinomycosis, 
tumors, gall stones, distomatosis, echinococcus, cysticercus, ten- 
nicollis, taenia fimbriata, nematodes, etc. 
Spleen. —x\nthrax. Southern cattle fever, swine plague, hog 
cholera, contagions pneumonia, splenic tubercle, actinomycosis, 
sarcoma, carcinoma, glanders, etc. 
Kidneys. —Anthrax, infections nephritis, hog cholera, fowl 
cholera. Southern cattle fever, pyaemia, septicaemia, calculi, 
strongylus gigas. 
Ltmgs .—Contagions pneumonia (horse), lung plague (cattle), 
influenza, contagious broncho-pneumonia (cattle), canine distem¬ 
per, swine plague, aspergillis, pneumonia (fowls), pulmonary 
