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TEXAS FEVER. 
jejunum slightly conjested and thickened ; the mucous mem¬ 
branes of caecum and rectum also manifested some congestion. 
Kidneys somewhat enlarged and of a dark color in their cir¬ 
cumference, otherwise apparently normal in structure; urinary 
bladder perfectly healthy in appearance, and contained about four 
pints of very dark colored urine; specific gravity of urine 1008, 
slightly alkaline, and formed a large coagulum upon boiling. 
The appearance of the muscular tissue of the animal was very 
pale and bloodless; the small amount of blood contained in 
the arteries and veins was of the same color, very thin and 
watery, and from a total absence of clots was apparently almost 
destitute of fibrine. 
Post-mortem examination of steer No. 2. Aged two years, 
• died apparently without a struggle, still quite warm. Pro¬ 
ceeded as in No. 1, and found the appearances throughout 
about the same except a considerable congestion and apparent 
sub-acute inflammation of the intestines; the longitudinal folds 
of the rectum presented black streaks caused by an extravasa¬ 
tion of blood under the mucous membrane; contents thin, and 
mixed witli blood and mucus. Mesenteric glands greatly en¬ 
larged, some of them measuring fully three inches in length, 
two wide, and half an inch in thickness, of a vealy color, and 
possessed a soft, doughy feel to the touch. 
These two animals examined were in but fair condition, and 
had the appearance as if rapidly fallen off in flesh, gaunt, and the 
skin drawn tight over the ribs. 
Two more steers belonging to the same parties were reported 
as lying dead on the other side of the creek; but it was getting 
late in the day, so they were not examined; they had died some 
time during the previous night; the two examined were alive in 
the morning, one of them down, unable to rise, and the other one 
staggering in his gait and purging; this was the first intimation 
had of any sickness among the herd of Martin & Gleason’s cat¬ 
tle, and the first ones that died in their field during the season. 
Upon leaving the field I noticed two animals showing evidences 
of sickness, manifest by weakness—a general loose-jointedness in 
their gait, saliva dribbling from the month, eyes dull and star- 
