Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease — John Shaqi
Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed DiseaseCrawford, Albert C. (Albert Cornelius)
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Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease
Crawford, Albert C. (Albert Cornelius)
Astragalus earlei; Barium
The post-mortem, made immediately after death, showed the abdomen
markedly tympanitic, and the large intestines could be outlined through
the abdominal walls with ease. The large intestines were of a chocolate
color, intensely congested, and marked with hemorrhages. On opening the
abdomen there was a decided putrefactive odor, and about an ounce of
bloody fluid was found in the peritoneal cavity, together with fibrin
flakes. The stomach was pale, the first three inches of the small
intestine up to where it turned sharply were pale, and below this the
intestines were injected and full of gas and of a dark red color. The
kidneys were 3-1/2 centimeters long and were pale, capsules easily
peeled off; cortex pale. Liver pale and infected with some coccideæ. The
gall bladder was one-quarter inch wide and one inch long. Spleen a
trifle pale; lungs pale, nothing abnormal; heart relaxed. On opening the
stomach gas and fluid, with some food, exuded. The walls were pale, but
pink in some places. There was no marked congestion or hemorrhage or
perforation. The mesenteric vessels were dilated. The upper portion of
the intestines contained a little mucus-like fluid, but lower down
became bloody, and still lower contained pus-like fluid. The walls were
hemorrhagic. The large intestine contained a soft, fecal-like fluid,
very foul. Its walls were much congested and full of hemorrhagic points.
The cortex of the suprarenal bodies was sharply defined, the medullæ
brownish. Brain pale, some dural vessels well marked, no clots or
hemorrhages. Base of brain pale. No congestion seen on cutting into the
brain. Spinal cord showed no hemorrhages or lymph effusions.
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