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and frequently enlarged. In the chest the lungs are found gorged 
with blood, and heavier than usual, with yellow gelatinous mate¬ 
rial deposited underneath the membrane covering them ; the bron¬ 
chial tubes are full of frothy mucous, and in the cavity of the 
chest and in the pericardium (heart sac) there is a quantity of 
straw-colored serum ; the lining membrane of the heart is discol¬ 
ored. 
Redwater (Cliarbonus Fever). —Besides the usual distension of 
the body, gas is often found amongst the tissues underneath the 
skin, along with yellow-colored serum ; the intestines are dark in 
color and much congested, with the glands enlarged. The fourth 
stomach and small intestines I have almost invariable found ulcer¬ 
ated, and the lining membrane covered with mucous tinged with 
blood, and in a few instances croupous casts have been seen. 
Bloody tumors are sometimes found in the omenta and round the 
kidneys, the latter being often dark in color, enlarged, and altered 
in texture; the liver is nearly always increased in size, and some¬ 
times softened; the spleen is invariably affected, and, as a rule, 
much enlarged, dark in color, and thoroughly disorganized; the 
bladder usually contains high-colored, albuminous urine, which 
deposits a sediment consisting of mucous corpuscles, etc. 
The membranes covering the brain are much injected in some 
cases, and in the heart the lining membrane is always deeply 
stained. The blood seldom coagulates, or if so, only feebly, and 
“ bacteria ” are always found in it. 
Note. —For more detailed particulars of u red water ” and 
“ horse sickness,” vide my reports on these affections, published in 
the u Natal Almanac ” for 1878 and 1879, respectively. 
Melt-sickness. —Early and rapid decomposition, with distention 
of the abdomen and tissues beneath the skin with gas; bloody 
serum in the abdominal cavity; spleen discolored, enlarged, and 
sometimes ruptured; a congested and discolored state of the lin¬ 
ing membranes of the stomachs and intestines, chest, pericardium 
and the membranes covering the brain ; the bladder is sometimes 
found to have blood stains on its outer part, and it usually contains 
high -colored urine. 
In some instances blood is found oozing out of the skin both 
