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6th.—Condition continues to improve. Temp. A.M. 38°C. Hæmatozoa absent. Temp
P.M. 38.4°C.
7th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.3°C. Hæmatozoa absent. Temp. P.M. 38.6°C.
8th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.4°C. Hæmatozoa few. Temp. 1 p.m
39.4°C. and at 5 P.M. 39°C.
9th.—The animal is again dull and the appetite poor. Temp. A.M. 40.3°C. Hæmatozoa
very numerous. Temp. 1 P.M. 4l.l°C. and at 5 P.M. 40.4°C.
10th.—For some days past the animal has been urinating three to four times a day; at
present these have increased to seven or eight times in the twenty-four hours. Temp. A.M.
39.6°C. Hæmatozoa swarming. Temp. 1 P.M. 40.6°C. and at 5 P.M. 40°C.
11th.—The swelling and oedema are now increasing in extent, and spreading over
the under-surface of the abdomen. Temp. A.M. 38.4°C. Hæmatozoa are swarming in the
blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 40.6°C., at 5 P.M. 40.5°C.
12th.—The animal is getting weaker; the oedema is spreading forward along the under-
surface of the abdomen and between the fore-limbs. The urine continues to be passed in
increased quantity. Temp. A.M. 38.3°C. Hæmatozoa are swarming in the blood. Temp.
1 P.M. 39.4°C., at 5 P.M. 39.l°C.
13th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.5°C. hæmatozoa swarming. Temp.
1 P.M, 40.4°C., at 5 P.M. 39.7°C.
14th.—The animal is much weaker and the oedema has now reached the front of the
chest. Temp. A.M. 38.4°C. Hæmatozoa continue to swarm in the blood. Temp. 1 P.M.
40°C., at 5 P.M. 39.6°C.
15th.—The right testicle is swollen, and tender on manipulation. Appetite capricious.
Temp. A.M. 38.l°C., 1 P.M. 39.6°C. and at 5 P.M. 39.2°C. Hæmatozoa continue to swarm in
the blood.
16th.—There are very extensive ecchymoses of blood principally involving the mem-
brana nictitans of the right eye. Appetite good. Urination takes place eight times in
the twenty-four hours. Temp. A.M. 38.1°C. Hæmatozoa swarming in the blood. Temp.
1 P.M. 40°C. At 4.45 P.M. the animal fell, and being unable to regain the upright position,
remained lying on its right side. No struggling. Temp. 39.6°C. Pulse 90 at 6 P.M. The
eyes became fixed and glassy and the legs flexed. At 5-6 P.M. the fore-limbs were suddenly
shot out straight and became quite rigid; this was followed by spasm with rigidity of the
muscles of the head and neck. The pupils are somewhat contracted. 5-15 P.M., respirations
40 per minute, and passed faecal matter; this act appeared to initiate and keep up rigidity
of the hind limbs, which condition continued until death took place. Pulse 120. Temp.
40.l°C.; at 5-43 P.M., temp. 40.1°C. Pulse 128. Resp. 43. At two feet distance from
the chest one can distinctly hear the tumultuous action of the heart, but not detect any
murmur. At 5-53, Cheyne-Stokes respiration very well marked, which continued until
death took place at 6 P.M.
AUTOPSY at 6-15 P.M. The body is somewhat emaciated; there is swelling and
oedema of the extremities, under-surface of the abdomen, extending between the fore-limbs.
The visible mucous membranes are anæmic.
Thorax.—The pleural cavities contain no fluid and there are no pleuritic adhesions.
Lungs appear small; the anterior lobes are the seat of localized emphysema, with
two portions, one near the apex of each organ, about the size of a walnut, blown up like
a bladder. There are no ecchymoses, or extravasations of blood to be seen on the pleural
surfaces, but on manipulation of the organs, several very hard calcareous bodies can be
felt ¾th to ½ in length, lying in the midst of the tissues. On section, the tissues present
a yellowish-red colour, but appear normal in structure.
On opening the cavity of the pericardium, it is found to contain three ounces of an
amber-coloured fluid, and several extensive extravasations of blood on the external surface
of the heart are brought into view. One runs down from the base of the organ towards
the apex, accompanying the left coronary vessels, extending for ¼th inch on either side of
them. The muscular surface of both auricles is clotted over with numerous circular-shaped
ecchymoses about ⅛th inch in diameter and of a dark-purple colour, and these latter as well
as the extensive extravasations are found to bo situated beneath the visceral layer of the
pericardium. On section, the right auricle contains a few dark clots, but no sub-eudocardial
extravasations. The right ventricle is full of black clot, but there are no extravasations.
The valves are healthy. There are a few clots in the left auricle, but no extravasations;
this is also the case in the left ventricle. The valves are healthy.
Liver weighs 9 lbs. 15 ozs., is dark-brown in colour, but presents several circular
white patches an inch in diameter upon the surface of Glisson's capsule. At these spots the
capsule is considerably thickened, more so at the centre than at the circumference. On
section, the tissues present the same dark-brown appearance but are healthy.
Spleen weighs 2 lbs. 9 ozs., and is dark in colour; the surface of the capsule presents
numerous small dark-coloured, circular, raised lumps. Many of these average from 1/6th to