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nation in this case. The steer, which was found dead in the 
field when I saw it, was enormously tympanitic, and a bloody dis¬ 
charge was issuing from the anus and nostrils. Emphysematous 
swellings were noticed on the neck and shoulder. The blood pre¬ 
sented exactly the same lesions as those described in the previous 
post-mortem. On account of the exceedingly putrid odor given 
off by the carcass, I made a very hasty and, necessarily, imperfect 
examination. 
Petechias were noticed on the pleura, pericardium and peri¬ 
toneum. The spleen was enlarged to twice its normal size, and 
was very much congested. On looking at the bowels externally, 
they presented a dull, heavy, leaden hue, and were semi-trans¬ 
parent. Like the preceding case, the mucous lining was entirely 
destroyed, and the contents of the intestines were of a yellowish 
cast, fluid, and contained numerous flakes of mucous membrane. 
These small, knotty, tubercular points were observed here, also. 
In neither of these attacks did I pay any particular attention to 
treating the sick, but bent all my endeavors toward preventing 
fresh developments of the disease. The first step taken was, to 
change the habits of life ; if, as in Fell’s herd, the cattle had been 
kept up, and fed dry hay and cob-meal (corn ground on the ear), 
I ordered them out on grass; if, as in the last mentioned cases, 
they were at pasture, I had them housed, and fed hay and some 
grain. Carbolic acid and fresh lime were placed about the stalls 
and cattle yards in both cases. With these precautionary meas¬ 
ures, no more cattle died in either outbreak, and only one was 
noticed to complain at all. This one, a two-year-old heifer, soon 
recovered. 
These cases are interesting—1st. That the blood lesions simu¬ 
late very closely, if indeed they are not identical with, those of 
anthrax. 2d. From the seat and peculiarity, as well as rarity, of 
the principal local lesion (being very similar to those of catarrhal 
gastro-enteritis), and 3d. The sudden cessation of the disease when 
the cattle were placed under different environments and upon an 
altered diet. 
Have I been dealing with true anthrax ? And did the free 
use of lime and carbolic acid, in connection with placing the 
