4     THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. [VII, I

in surra, and each sample carefully examined for protozoan and helminthic (schis-
tosomes and filaria) parasites. The results were in all cases negative. The
fluid was found to be clear in all cases except one, in which the turbidity was
obviously due to accidental admixture with blood. Examination of the cellular
content of the fluid by Thoma Zeiss counting apparatus revealed, in three cases,
only a " slight mononucleur Pleocytosis ". Two of the four samples showed
traces of glucose, while the other two failed to show any glucose when tested
with Fehling's reagent. Pandy's test gave, in two cases, an " Opalescence "
showing the presence of globulin. No quantitative examination of albumen
could be carried out, but qualitative examination by Aufrecht's method showed
about equal amount of albumen in all the four cases.

                        POST-MORTEM FINDINGS

All the cases at the laboratory were humanely destroyed by chloroform and
careful post mortem examinations were carried out. The abnormalities noted in
connection with the different parts were as follows :—

Alimentary canal.—In view of the fact that existing literature contains
no records of habronema tumours in the stomach in cases of " Kumri ", mention
must be made here of the finding of these tumours, varying in size from that
of a golf ball to that of a billiard ball, in four out of seven cases. In fact, these
tumours were so constantly found in the first few cases that they appeared to
have some etiological relationship with the disease. The position of habrone-
miasis had, however, so many distinct points of divergence from " Kumri " that
it was ruled out of consideration in connection with etiology—a position which
has later on proved to be correct by the absence of such tumours from other
three cases. Incidentally, reference must also here be made to the chemothera-
peutically important fact that full course of intravenous injections of antimony
compounds had produced no effect whatsoever on these worms. In two cases
the stomach contained gestrophilus larvae. Apart from these findings the
stomach did not show any other pathological change. No abnormalities were
noticed in the small intestines, and the only notable, although by no means un-
usual, feature in the large intestine was the presence of a variable number of
nematodes, chiefly strongyles, sclerostomes and trematodes.

Mesenteric vessels.—In view of the fact that the symptom-complex of para
sitic aneurysm of the anterior mesenteric artery shows some points of resemblance
to that of " Kumri", special pains were taken to make careful search for such
aneurysms in all cases. Only in one case was such an aneurysm present. Schis-
tosomes were, however, encountered in the blood, obtained in the manner des-
cribed in the previous report, from the mesenteric vessels of three animals, that
had not been treated, and in the one case, that had died after the third injection.
The mesenteric vessels were congested in all cases,