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.T. F. WINCHESTER. 
3d.—This malady is contagions, and is identical with the 
disease in man. 
4th.—The virus lies in the the molluscum bodies. Inocula¬ 
tion gives positive results. 
5th.—Whether they are gregarian must be determined by fu¬ 
ture experiments. 
6th.—If they are, their causative action must be further 
studied. 
7tli.—The mortality is influenced by the point at which the 
eruption occurs. 
ACTINOMYKOSIS IN NORTH ANDOVER. 
By J. F. Winchester, D.Y.S. 
In September, 1882, Mr. W. bought a Guernsey bull of Dr. 
Uorland, of Hew London, Conn., by the name of Sunflower, and 
soon after having the animal it was noticed that he did not breath 
naturally, a sound being emitted at each respiration, which gradu¬ 
ally grew worse. The next May his appetite failed, on account of 
not being able to swallow readily, so that in September he was so 
emaciated that he was destroyed. 
The post mortem revealed the abdominal and thoracic viscera 
normal, with the exception of a small white and firm nodule in 
the liver. By removing the larynx and pharynx, I found above 
them a large firm round tumor, about the size of a foot-ball, 
which, when opened, was found to contain degenerated pus, con¬ 
taining numerous small yellow masses. 
Case No. 2 of Actinomykosis. —A native cow had first 
showed signs of failing appetite about the 1st of May, 1883, and 
early in J nne she began to breath hard and lose flesh. Some¬ 
time during the month of August the sub-maxillary bone began to 
enlarge on one side, and continued to grow until the middle of 
November, when it broke, and discharged a thin pus. The ulcer 
kept discharging until the latter part of December, when she was 
killed. On making a post mortem I found the abdominal viscera 
normal, while the lungs contained a few white hard nodules in 
the anterior lobes. 
