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M. R. TRUMBOWER. 
TEXAS FEVER. 
NOTES OF AN OUTBREAK OF THAT DISEASE AMONG CATTLE. 
By M. R.. Trumbowkr, V.S. 
September 24th, 1882.—I was requested by Mr. Gleason, of 
the firm of Martin & Gleason, dealers in cattle, to go with him 
to examine several animals belonging to them which had been 
found dead in the field. 
The first one examined was a two-year-old steer; found him 
lying on his right side; had probably been dead six hours; 
ground indicated no ante-mortem struggles; faeces passed, thin, 
green, and well digested ; no evidence of bloating, nor of decom¬ 
position. Removed the left shoulder, cut through the ribs at 
their superior articulations, and removed entire the wall of the 
chest and abdomen, exposing the internal organs to view. The 
lungs were found healthy, with the exception of a slight em¬ 
physematous condition and trifling hypostatic congestion of the 
posterior lobe of right side; pericardium of a normal appear¬ 
ance contained about an ounce of bloody colored serum ; heart 
pale, flabby, and of normal size; externally the apex, right side, 
and both auricles presented slight eechymosis; the left ventricle 
contained a small quantity of thin watery appearing blood, but no 
clot; the columna carnea were studded over with eechymosis of 
a bright purplish tint; the right ventricle contained a small blood 
clot; the valves, chords, and columns were healthy. Examining 
the abdominal organs, the spleen attracted immediate attention, 
of a dark purple color, enlarged to three times the normal size; 
incising it the trabiculse were found broken down, and general 
disorganization had taken place. Liver somewhat enlarged, the 
upper portion of right lobe of a straw color; gall bladder con¬ 
tained about six ounces of semi-fluid, viscid, almost brown colored 
bile. 
First three stomachs indicated no functional or organic dis- 
turbance; fourth stomach, lining membrane reddened and hav¬ 
ing an irritated appearance; the color presented a few ecchy- 
mosed spots on its external surface; the internal surface of 
