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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    Fig. 1. selected this animal for slaughter, and he ap- peared the fattest of the pen ; but his breathing was distressed. No. 4 was a fat wether sheep, the best of any long and short woolled, cross-breed, one year old ; John Overman, Esq., exhibitor and breeder. The heart, lungs, and liver, were in a similar condition. Pigs. The best of any breed above twelve and under eighteen months old. Improved Chilton breed. G. B. Morland, Esq., exhibitor and breeder. The heart weighed 15oz. Sdrachms. The substance of the left ventricle was much thicker c