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She finally fell down, struggled and bellowed until she died. The 
two preceding animals that had died showed similar symptoms, 
and, like this one, lived only about twenty-four hours from the 
time that they were noticed to be sick. 
The farm where these cattle were kept is a rolling, well-drained 
red shale, free from noxious weeds or plants, and the water is as 
fresh and pure as crystal. Everything, in fact, is kept scrupu¬ 
lously clean and neat. 
The post-mortem lesions which this case revealed were the 
same, the owner assured me, as those presented by one of the 
previously sick animals that the cow-doctor lt opened.” 
The blood-vessels were filled with a semi-coagulated and very 
dark-colored blood. The liquor sanguinis was of a dark, muddy 
tint, and discolored the hands but slightly. The serous mem¬ 
branes everywhere were studded with petechim, and the ventricles 
of the brain contained a small amount of serum. The lungs were 
slightly congested ; liver healthy; while the spleen and kidneys 
were darker than in health. The abomasum presented patches, 
of different sizes, where the mucous coat was entirely destroyed. 
Ihe intestines from the stomach to the rectum were denuded of 
their mucous membrane, and were dotted here and there with 
small, tubercular-like bodies which, when cut into, exuded pus. 
(I sent you a specimen of these intestines, and their contents, at 
the time.) 
On June 4th, 1879, I was sent for to see some cattle belong- 
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mg to Peter Todd, near Latnbertville, N. J. A two-year-old 
steer was found dead in the pasture that morning, and a yearling 
was showing sick. These animals were apparently well the 
previous night. The land in this instance is somewhat heavy or 
clayey, having a thin soil. 
This stock had been at pasture, day and night, for some days. 
The sick animal was droopy and stupid ; slight aqueous dis¬ 
charge from nose and eyes ; breathing accelerated ; bowels 
costive; pulse eighty-five, soft and full; temperature 103° Fahren¬ 
heit. This animal died about forty-eight hours after first being 
noticed sick. 
I did not have an opportunity to hold a post-mortem examr 
