"Mucosa" Quotes from Famous Books
... is well advanced. Constipation is quite common at the commencement of the attack, followed by diarrhea and severe straining, the evacuations becoming very soft, fetid, and streaked with blood. Cases of the evacuation of desquamated patches of diphtheritic membrane from the intestinal mucosa 6 to 9 feet in length have been reported. The kidneys and bladder are usually inflamed, the urine being voided with difficulty and the animal evincing signs of pain. Inflammatory elements, as albumen, ... — Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture |