Reports to the Lord Provost and magistrates of the city of Edinburgh on the pathological appearances, symptoms, treatment, and means of preventing cattle plague / by Andrew Smart.

Date:: 1866

Credit: Reports to the Lord Provost and magistrates of the city of Edinburgh on the pathological appearances, symptoms, treatment, and means of preventing cattle plague / by Andrew Smart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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$Stage of Disease. Slaugh- tered or Died. ^¥he^e Dissected. PATHOLOGICAL APPEARANCES No. Date. Sex. Mouth. 1st and 2d Stomachs. Third Stomach. Fourth Stomach. Intestines. Air Tubes. 9 Sept. 21 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Eruption on lining mem- brane, raw patches at the roots of the teeth from ex- coriation of membrane. T ^^,1^^ ..'11. Loaded witn food. No dis- ease. Distended and impacted with food. No diseased spots on the folds of the stomach. Lining membrane uni- formly of a dark mul- berry colour, torn at some parts, and very lacerable generally. No ulcera- tion or extravasation. The whole bowel in a state of commencing gang- rene and decomposition. Lining membran generally of dusky red colon: with X)atohes ( extravasated blood under it. I 10 ... 21 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Eruption on superficial membrane. Loaded with food. Loaded with food. Lining membrane univer- sally of a dark red colour. No ulceration or extra- vasation. Lining membrane much abraided, extreme capil- lary congestion of the small intestine, and en- gorgement of the larger vessels of the great in- testine. Lining membrA injected. T 11 ... 21 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Distinctive appearance of lining mem- brane. Loaded vsdth food. No ap- parent dis- ease. Loaded with food. No ap- parent dis- ease. Lining membrane uni- fonnly congested. No extravasation of blood. No ulceration. Lining membrane ex- tremely congested, some portions of it in the small intestine presenting a mahogany colour. No ulceration, but patches of the epithelial membrane are separated. Uniform conge tion of the linji membrane, li 12 ... 22 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Eruption on lining mem- brane. No disease, but loaded with food. No disease, but distended with food. Two-thirds of the lining membrane present the red characteristic colour. No ulceration. Entire lining membrane congested. The conges- tion most marked in the lower haK of the ileum and in the rectum. Nearly unifoj congestion of f lining membra! Much mucous B sent in the ] 13 ... 22 Quey. Not ad- vanced. Died. Tyne Castle. No eruption on lining membrane. No disease. No disease. Lining membrane red- dened at some portions, but not deeply. Increased vascularity of the lining membrane, especially towards the termination of the bowel. passages. Lining membra) slightly reddemi 14 ... 22 Quey. Not ad- vanced. Died. Tyne Castle. No eruption on lining membrane. No apparent disease. No apparent disease. Partial congestion of the ujjper two-thirds of lining membrane. The remain- ing third being healthy. Increased vascularity of the lining membrane generally, but not to an extreme degree. Lining membr*'i slightly reddetti 15 ... 25 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Eruption on lining mem- brane. Healthy, but loaded with food. Gangrenous patches on some of the folds. Uniformly congested, of a dark, reddish brovm colour. No ulceration. Characteristic condition of lining membrane. Some patches of extra- vasated blood beneath the mucous membrane. No ulceration. Lining membH'il much reddenec i 16 ... 25 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Eruption on su)jerflcial membrane. No apparent disease. No apparent disease. Characteristic condition of lining membrane. No \ilceration. Characteristic condition of lining membrane. No ulceration, no glandular disease. Reddened ge 1' rally. NoinJ,! matory deposit 17 ... 25 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Usual appear- ance on mem- brane. No disease. Loaded with food. Gangrenous patches pre- sent. Characteristic condition of lining membrane. No ulceration. Present the usual conges- tive character. No ul- ceration. Mucous m t brane much « jected, but ot) « wise healthy. 1 0 io 25 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Characteristic appearance. Loaded, but no disease. Healthy. Characteristical appear- ance of lining membrane. Lining membrane much congested. Superficial membrane of some por- tions separated in the form of casts. No ulcer- ation. Present the ui congested app ance. ... 25 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Usual appear- ance in the ad- vanced stage. Loaded. No disease appre- ciable. Impacted with food. No disease. Lining membranes in a state of incipient gan- grene. Small erosions on the surface of it. Entire membrane nearly black in colour. Generally gangrenous. Entire membrane at some portions separated. < Lining memb: 1 of a dark j 1 20 ... 25 Cow. Advanced. Died. Tyne Castle. Eruption. Loaded. No disease. A few gan- grenous spots with scarlet margins in different sta- ges of ad- vancement. Lining membrane of an unifonnly dark brown colour. No ulceration or ecchymoses. Lining membrane of the inferior half of ileum of an uniform mahogany col- our. Vessels of caecal appendage and large in- testine, much injected. No ulceration. Lining memb ^ reddened, I smaller t 1 filled vdth mu ! expectoration i$