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.

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$FOUND ON DISSECTION. j Lungs. Vagina. Uterus and Bladder. Heart. Liver. Spleen. Kidneys. Brain and Spinal Cord. Compli- cation. REMARKS, No. Ithy. Healthy. Healthy. Healthy. Healthy. Congested slightly. Not examined None. The morbid appearances are those rather of the early, than of the advanced stage of the disease, although death resulted from it. The morbid signs in this case coincide vpith those found in the other calves pre- viously dissected. 21 : Ithy, Reddened and swollen. Lining mem- branes congested, with slight extra- vasations in the bladder. Healthy. Healthy. NoD^arkec alteration. Conges- tion of the pyramids. Not examined None. 22 : Itiy. Distinct ring of redness around the vulva. Lining mem- branes are con- gested to some extent. Healthy. Healthy. Healthy. Congested Not examined None, This animal, like many others examined, appears to have died before the disease reached its most advanced stage. This is attributable to some predispos- ing weakness in the animal. 23 ■onic conden- on of right g, with adhe- is of investing nbrane. Red and swollen at the vulva. Lining mem- branes partially injected. Healthy. Congested gall blad- der dis- tended with bile. Healthy. Congested Not examined Chronic pleuro- pneumo- nia. 24 dthy. Reddened at the orifice. Their lining m em- branes highly vas- cular ; a few sub- mucous extrava- sations. Healthy. Sllp^bt PYtra. vasations on the exterior of the heart. Portal system loaded. Liver not enlarged. Gall blad- der dis- tended with bile. No marked morbid change. Congested in the central portions. Not examined None. The extravasations found amongst the morbid appearances of this case are rare and excep- tional ; much sub-cutaneous emphysema. 25 ■litny; but WLe adhesions of ■r investing 1 nbrane. Characteristic. Increased vascu- larity of their lin- ing membranes. Muscular sub- stance relax- ed. Ventricles contained firm clots, resemb- ling pitch. Congested in the por- tal system especially. GaU blad- der dis- tended with bile. r» Tin o T^l^Ofi X\ U 111 til Jicll morbid change. Congested Not examined Pleurisy. The clots removed from the ven- tricles were moulded into the form of the ventricular cavities. 26 jilthy. Characteristic as regards the vulva. The usual highly vascular condi- tion of their Kn- ing membranes. Healthy, Congested in some portions. No en- largement. No marked morbid al- teration. Exhibit pyramidal conges- tion. Not examined None. External surface of the udder is roughened by an eruption of a dry scaly character. 27 dthy. Distinctive colour present. Some vascular congestion of their lining mem- branes. Healthy. Healthy. No marked change. Congested The vessels of the mem- branes of the brain much injected. Spinal cord and mem- branes healthy None. 28 dthy. Vulva of a dark purple colour; membrane roughened. Vessels of lining membranes of both organs much injected. Small points of extra- vasated blood be- neath the mem- branes. Healthy. Healthy. No marked change. Congested Not examined None. The reddened aspect of the vulva in this case, as in most of the others, did not extend beyond two inches into the cavity of the vagina. 29 ihle-berry con- ion of left |g, with dense a lesion of its e 'ire investing 1 mbrane. Characteristic. Lining mem- branes injected. Muscularsub- stance flabby. Walls of ven- tricles thin. No mor- bid change appreci- able. Normal. Congested Not examined Chronic pleuro- pneumo- nia and weak heart. This impacted condition of the third stomach is of frequent oc- currence ; in many cases, the food can be removed in cakes from between the gastric folds or many-pHes, 30 ] althy. Characteristic. IT Congestion of their lining mem- branes. Healthy. Healthy. Not ex- amined. Congested Not examined None. The tuberculous condition of the solitary glands is often found existing in healthy animals, as pointed out by Professor Good- sir. This condition does not therefore constitute one of the morbid lesions of cattle-plague. 31$