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now becomes an almost dropsical excess of fluid secretion within 
the globe. 
“ Above all, let him examine the products of inflammation 
furnished by mucous and serous membranes, and by glands ; the 
expectorations of bronchitis, the hawkings of common throat 
catarrh, the urine of scarlatina, the acute effusion of serous cavi¬ 
ties, and after death the inflamed organs themselves ; let him 
once thoroughly recognize the destructive acts of inflammation, 
as illustrated in the simple cells of gland or epitheliated mem¬ 
brane, and the whole of this argument will be compendiously 
before him. 
“ He will And cells (especially when there are scpiamous) shed 
as dead material, without their first undergoing any visible alter¬ 
ation. He will find all others undergoing change in a more or 
less marked degree—change of which the essence consists in a 
loosening and eventually a disintegration of texture, with in¬ 
creased imbibability of fluid and gradual accumulation of oil, so 
that the cell, while undissolved, appears of larger than natural 
size, its wall less defined, its nucleus dimmer, its contents more 
granular and oily than in health. Sometimes a cell is thus con¬ 
verted into a mere heap of oil-drops, held together by little inter¬ 
vening or surrounding material; sometimes there will be more 
albuminous matter, perhaps in a granulated or dotty form ; some¬ 
times there will be more evident fluidity of contents; but in any 
case the cell, if retained within the body, tends to break up and 
contribute with its neighbors to the making of an oleo-albuminous 
fluid, in which there exists but scanty and evanescent remains of 
the original cell structure.” 
COLICS IN HORSES. 
By Mr. Laquerriere.* 
{Continued from page 115.) 
Fourth Group. —The diagnosis of colic due to worms is gen¬ 
erally easy to fix, and is usually determined by the presence of 
the parasite, which then becomes rather a sign than a symptom. 
* Translated from La Presss Veterinaire. 
