Reports on the diseases of cattle in the United States, made to the Commissioner of Agriculture, with accompanying documents / Department of Agriculture.

  • United States. Department of Agriculture.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Reports on the diseases of cattle in the United States, made to the Commissioner of Agriculture, with accompanying documents / Department of Agriculture. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by bloody urine. The mucous surface of the bladder was studded all over with small petechite of a vermilion hue, as seen in other cases. Observation XVI, August 20,1808.—Eed steer; at slaughter-house, in Bridgeport. Organs of respiration healthy. Heart firni and of normal size, was slightlj'^ ecchymosed at the apex, and on the fleshy i^illars of the left ventricle. Organs of deglutition and the first stomach sound. The fourth stomach was slightly reddened at the cardiac end; two small erosions, about one-thh'd of an inch in length, existed near the pylorus, where the membrane generally was of normal color. The intestines were healthy. The liver and gall bladder, to all appearance, normal. The spleen, of a dark color, weighed four and a half pounds; but its structure had undergone little change, was firm, and of a brighter red than any previou.fly examined in splenic fever. The appearance of this spleen is shown in plate. The kidneys were slightly congested, and, on cutting into the pelves, some bright ecchymoses were found, as if in the earliest stage of blood extravasation in these structures. The bladder contained a moderate quantity of clear-colored urine, but was slightly ecchymosed near its neck. The cerebro spinal centers healthy. Observation XVII, August 21, 1868.—Eed cow; examined at St. Louis. Killed by effusion of blood. Eespiratory passages healthy. On opening the thorax the lungs were found pale, and only partially col- lapsed. The posterior lobe of the right lung was the seat of extensive inter- lobular emphysema. On the anterior and the middle lobes were several scattered patches of congestion, corresponding to congested lobules, within which were simple reddened, not solidified, globules, and they floated on water. The heart, of normal size and consistence, was slightly ecchymosed on the anterior and the posterior ventricular furrows. Interually the right cavities, containing a little fluid blood, were healthy; but the left was tinged by ecchymotic spots on the fleshy pillars of ventricle. The mouth, pharynx, gullet, and first three stomachs, were healthy. The fourth stomach was reddened at its cardiac end, and its folds stud- ded all over with ecchymoses. This condition was kindly and most accurately reproduced in a water-color sketch, by C. V. Kiley, esq.. State entomologist. The small intestine was the seat of ramified redness throughout. In the cmcum, in a line with the muscous folds, the blood extravasations which had occurred were of a dark rusty color; and similar changes were seen in the rectum. ' The liver and gall bladder, much congested, weighed twenty-five pounds. In the liver were old adhesions, and some deposits of yellow