ACTINOMYKOSIS. 
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ration, more or less marked, of the muscular tissue ; and the pe¬ 
culiar yellowish-white round nodules disseminated singty, or in 
masses throughout, each containing a cluster, or at least a tuft, of 
the Actinomyces. The gums, cheeks, palate or jaws may also be 
involved. 
In addition to the description given of that first sent by Mr. 
James, as well as the second specimen, I will select that offered 
by Professor Putz,* veterinary teacher at the University of 
Halle, though many others might be given. 
In February, 1882, Veterinary Surgeon Enke sent to the 
clinic of the school the tongue of a newly-slaughtered cow, which 
for a long time—at least six months—had eaten very little. An 
examination of this tongue was carefully made, and it presented 
the following appearances: Its posterior part was greatly swol¬ 
len, and the dorsum extremely elevated; its anterior portion ap¬ 
peared to be normal. About three inches behind the tip were a 
number of irregular, sharply-defined, warty-looking elevations, 
which were scattered over the entire upper surface of the organ 
backwards.. They were in size from that of a linseed to a hen’s 
egg, the largest having broken through the mucous membrane, 
while the smaller ones could be felt as little irregular masses be¬ 
neath it. The former resembled large, oval, and very much flat¬ 
tened warts, deprived of their epithelium. Their color was pale 
yellow, and their consistence soft and elastic. The largest of 
these was on the right side of the tongue, and was flat; it meas¬ 
ured centimeters long, 3 centimeters broad, and centime¬ 
ters high. Besides this growth, there were on the same side, 
towards the under part of the tongue, a great many nodules the 
size of a linseed, which could be felt beneath the mucous mem¬ 
brane. Large and small tumors of a similar character were found 
on the left side of the tongue. Above, on the arch of the dor¬ 
sum, three large, well-defined cicatrices could be felt in the mu¬ 
cous membrane; these had a red appearance, and on their upper 
surface small irregularities could be felt rising, as it were, from 
the connective tissue beneath. The central cicatrix was in the 
* Die Seuchen und Herdekrankkeiten Unserer Hanstkiere, Abtkeilung 2, 
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