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greenish-yellow in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,040, alkaline, contains no albumen. Twelve grains of
Arsenic were given during the day. Temp. 5 P.M. 39.3°C. P. 56. R. 12.
11th,—The animal is losing flesh very rapidly, but still appears to be fairly strong.
The appetite is and has been exceedingly good since the first. There is no swelling or
œdema on the under-surface of the belly or sheath and the limbs are fine. The fœtor of the
breath, however, has re-appeared, and the fasces emit a foul odour. Temp. A.M. 38°C.
P. 48. R. 16. The hæmatozoon is absent from the blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 38.7°0. Urine,
turbid, viscid, yellowish-green in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,024, alkaline, contains no albumen,
but granular casts, no Carbonates, but a few Oxalates. Twelve grains of Arsenic were
administered during the twenty-four hours. Temp. 5 P.M. 39.l°C. P. 60. R. 16.
12th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.5°C. P. 52. R. 12.
The hæmatozoon is absent from blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 38.7°C. Urine, turbid, viscid,
orange in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,020, alkaline, contains no albumen, but a few granular casts
and few Oxalates. Twelve grains of Arsenic were given during the twenty-four hours.
Temp. 5 P.M. 39.2°C. P. 60. R. 12.
13th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 37.3°C. P. 48. R. 12.
The hæmatozoon is absent from the blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 38.7°C. Urine, turbid, viscid,
greenish-yellow in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,020 alkaline, contains a trace of albumen and contains
granular casts, a few red blood corpuscles together with Oxalate, but no Carbonate of
Calcium crystals. Twelve grains of Arsenic were given during the twenty-four hours.
Temp. 5 P.M. 38.3°C. P. 56. R. 16.
14th.—This morning the animal's temperature is lower than it has been before,
although it was nearly as low on the 25th—29th November and 10th December. There
is sero-purulent discharge from the nostrils, especially the right, which has a very offensive
odour. The appetite, which has been almost voracious for a considerable period, is now
not so good and the animal only consumes about half of the previous quantity. Temp.
A.M. 36.5°C. P. 44. R. 12. The hæmatozoon is absent from the blood. Temp. 1 P.M.
37.5°C. Urine, turbid, highly viscid, greenish-yellow in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,022, alkaline
and contains granular casts, a few red blood corpuscles together with Oxalates but no
Carbonates. Twelve grains of Arsenic were given during the twenty-four hours. Temp.
5 P.M. 39.l°C. P. 68. R. 20.
15th.—Death took place at 3 A.M.
AUTOPSY.—Body emaciated, limbs not (edematous, but a little in front of the sternal
region.
Thorax.—The pleural cavities each contain from 20 to 30 ounces of an orange fluid.
Right Lung,—The external or costal surface is adherent from the first rib to the eighth
and between the visceral and costal pleuræ is a layer of orange-coloured jelly-like exuda-
tion varying from ¼ to ½ an inch in thickness. The anterior lobule together with the
anterior 6 inches of the summit and the anterior inferior angle of the organ, present a deep
red colour and are the seat of consolidation. There are several extensive sub-pleural
extravasations on the external surface of the posterior lobe and the internal surface pre-
sents a marbled appearance. On section the individual lobules of the consolidated portion
are found to be mapped out with a thin layer of exudation, and are of a dark red or purple
color ; on pressure, a muco-purulent material exudes from the cut ends of the bronchi.
The posterior portion of the organ is marbled red and white tinged with yellow, but is
distended with air.
Left Lung is adherent from the first to the ninth rib inclusive. There is likewise con-
solidation of the anterior lobule, together with the anterior seven inches of the summit and
anterior inferior angle of the organ. The description of the pathological changes in the
left lung was identical with those observed in the right.
The pericardial sac contains ten ounces of a turbid, orange-coloured fluid.
Heart weighs 6 lbs. 5 ounces and is enlarged. The base of the organ is the seat of a
considerable amount of orange-coloured exudation which extends round the origin of the great
vessels and runs down with the anterior and posterior coronary vessels. There are however
no sub-pericardial extravasations. On section the right auricle contains dark coloured
blood clots but lining membrane presents a healthy appearance. The right ventricle is also
distended with dark coloured blood clots which when removed, disclose the presence of a
few sub-endocardial ecchymoses. The left auricle is empty and presents a healthy appear-
ance. The left ventricle is somewhat contracted, the muscular wall on section about the centre
of the organ is found to measure 2.5 inches in thickness, and to contain a few dark coloured
blood clots. The cavity presents a most extraordinary appearance, the upper half being
almost black in colour, due to the presence of extensive sub-endocardial extravasations of
dark coloured blood. One lying on the inter-ventricular septum measures 3.5"×l.5"×l".
The summits of both musculi papillares are also the seat of well marked deposits of clot
lying beneath the lining membrane of the cavity, but on section of the wall the extravasa-
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