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A. A. HOLCOMBE. 
A careful post mortem examination was made, revealing 
marked fatty degeneration of the heart. The right auricle was 
most affected; the right ventricle less so. The two cavities on 
this side had become greatly enlarged, at the expense of the 
walls, which were quite thin. The muscular tissues of the auricle 
and upper part of the ventricle were so fatty that free oil followed 
the knife on making an incision. All the other organs were 
healthy in appearance. 
AN OUTBREAK OF HOG CHOLERA IN KANSAS, 
By the Same. 
In the early part of the winter of 1881-2, a disease appeared 
among the hogs on the farm of William Booth, near Winchester, 
Kansas. It was thought by Mr. B. and his neighbors to be 
measles. All the pigs and shotes, excepting one (20 in number), 
died. A few of the full-grown hogs had the disease and 
recovered. In March of this year, a sow in pig was purchased 
in Sedalia, Missouri, and taken to the farm. In May, a few days 
before pigging time, this sow died with the same symptoms shown 
by the pigs that had died in the winter of 1881-2. In April, 
another sow in pig was purchased from the same dealer, in 
Sedalia, and taken to the farm, where she died, in June, with the 
same symptoms as had affected all the others. A few days before 
death she had given birth to a litter of pigs, all of which soon 
died from the same disease. A few days afterward a full-grown 
boar died. These three were the only grown hogs that have died. 
On the 27tli of June, I visited the farm and saw several sick pigs 
and shotes. They presented all the symptoms of hog cholera. 
During the day one of the pigs died and was sent to me by 
express in the evening. On the morning of the 28th, a post 
mortem examination was made. The lesions in the skin, the 
subcutaneous tissue, the intestines, and in the liver were all typical 
of hog cholera. The ulcerations of Beyer’s patches were most 
marked; the thorax and pericardium contained considerable turbid 
fluid, the surface of the heart was mottled, and the pleurae on the 
