SECTION IV.. The Organs of Circulation.

THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.

SEMIOLOGY OF THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION 370

I. CARDIAC ANOMALIES 374 Ectopia of the heart 374

II. PERICARDITIS 375 Exudative pericarditis due to foreign bodies 376 Chronic pericarditis 389 Pseudo-pericarditis 390

III. ENDOCARDITIS 394

IV. DISEASES OF BLOOD-VESSELS 396 Phlebitis 396 Accidental phlebitis 396 Internal infectious phlebitis (Utero-ovarian phlebitis) 398 Umbilical phlebitis of new-born animals 399 Umbilical phlebitis or omphalo-phlebitis 402

V. DISEASES OF THE BLOOD 406 Septicæmia of new-born animals 406 Takosis: a contagious disease of goats 412 Blood poisoning (Malignant œdema) in sheep and lambs in New Zealand 415 Piroplasmosis 416 Bovine piroplasmosis 416 Bovine piroplasmosis in France 424 Ovine piroplasmosis 425 Diseases produced by trypanosomata 426 Louping-ill 429 Suggested measures for prevention 435 Braxy 435 Bilharziosis in cattle and sheep 439 Heat stroke—Over-exertion 442

VI. DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM 444 The lymphogenic diathesis 448 Caseous lymphadenitis of the sheep 453 Goitre in calves and lambs 453