Evil results of over-feeding cattle : a new inquiry, fully illustrated by colored engravings of the hearts, lungs, &c. of the diseased prize cattle, lately exhibited by the Smithfield Cattle Club, 1857 / by Frederick James Gant.

  • Gant, Frederick James, 1825-1905.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Evil results of over-feeding cattle : a new inquiry, fully illustrated by colored engravings of the hearts, lungs, &c. of the diseased prize cattle, lately exhibited by the Smithfield Cattle Club, 1857 / by Frederick James Gant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The heart was in a similar condition, hut only certain portions of its suhstance had degenerated into fat. The liver weighed 21bs. lOJoz., and its surface was thickly studded with large dark spots beneath its thin peritoneal coat. These spots are the extremities of the hepatic veins gorged with blood, and this hepatic congestion was due to the feeble contraction of the diseased heart during life. No. 2. Fat wether sheep, the best of any long woolled breed, one year old. Lord Berners exhibitor and breeder. The heart weighed lOJoz., and was partly converted into fat, but less so than that of No. 1, the sheep of the Duke of Eichmond. Under the microscope the muscular fibres were found in the first stage of degeneration into fat (fig. 6). The liver weighed 21b. 2oz., was of a dark purple colour, and showed marked congestion of the he- patic veins. The lungs were flabby, and did not crepitate with air on pressure between the fin- gers. Many nodules were seen, each of the size