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them when it prevails in the locality, the entire loss which he 

 may sustain falls upon himself, the Government refusing to 

 make any allowance even for those that are ordered to be 

 killed by their officers. This course was, therefore, the one 

 adopted. 



The most marked symptoms shown by the animal in quea- 

 tion were — a profuse dysenteric purging: > indistinct pulse ; 

 rapid breathing ; surface of body and limbs cold ; eyes sunk in 

 their orbits ; discharge of mucus, mingled with lymph, from 

 the eyps and nostrils ; staggering gait, and great prostration ot 

 strength. Indeed, on the way to the quarantiue station, she 

 fell twice, although the distance was not more than three 

 hundred yards. It was also with much difficulty that she was 

 made to rise. In this condition she lingered on for about 

 eight hours, when death put an end to her Bufferings. 



The principal lesions met with, in making the j^ost mortem 

 examination, were — ulcerations at the root of the tongue and 

 extensive tnrgescence of all the surrounding vessels; tonsils 

 loaded with effused lymph, and also all the follicles of the 

 fauces and contigous parts ; large shreds of lymph existed in 

 the windpipe and bronchial tubes. The heart was pale and 

 flaccid. The abomasiim was not so much affocted as in other 

 cases we have quoted, nor was any portion of either the small 

 or large intestines. Where diseased, the lesions of these vicera 

 were precisely similar to those already described. The mucous 

 membrane of the gall-bladder was extensively diseased, but 

 the ducts of the liver were free from deposits of lymph. Ex- 

 cess of fluid existed in the ventricles of the brain and also 

 in the spinal sheath. All the organs which have not 

 been specially named in this case vpere free from strictural 

 change. 



Cases 5, 6, 7, 8. 



The animals which formed the subjects of these cases were 

 the companions of Case 4. Three of them exhibited the usual 

 symptoms which are seen at the commencement of the pest 

 on the morning of May 10th, and the other was taken ill during 

 the next day. The character and progress of the symptoms 

 in the first three were about the same as usual, and therefore 

 do not call for any particular remarks. The opportunity was 

 afforded us of watching these animals during the whole of May 

 10th, the Commissioners allowing them to be kept for that 

 purpose ; but on the following day, as soon as the only re- 

 maining animal (Case 8) was attacked, they weie all slaugh- 

 tered. The malady was quickly running its course at this 

 time, and doubtless would have terminated fatally in all the 

 animals within a day or two ; indeed, in one of them the 

 symptoms were now so much aggravated as to convince us that 

 a few hours would suffice for it to succumb to the peat. 



The postmortem examination, which we made in each of 

 these cases, showed that in all essential particulars the morbid 

 changes ."igreed wi'h those we have already given iu detail. 

 Slight differences were observed both in the extent and loca- 

 tion of the principal lesions, but these it is unnecessary to 

 describe. Indeed a careful perusal of the cases we have 

 selected for embodiment in this report will, we hope, suffi- 

 ciently explain these, even to the medical as to the non-medical 

 reader. 



Austria. 



In our return journey from Galicia we visited Vienna, 

 and went from thence to Munich, Stuttgardt, and 

 Frankfort, with a view of ascertaining, by a personal 

 examination, the state of things in Southern Germany 

 and Rhenish Prussia. In no division of the Austrian 

 dominions, except Galicia, has rinderpest prevailed dur- 

 ing the present year ; Bohemia, Moravia, and even 

 Hungary have been entirely free from it. The disease 

 e.\istedin several parts of the empire in 1855 and 1856, 

 but was suppressed in the usual manner. It was in- 

 troduced from Bessarabia, whence it appears that it gene- 

 rally comes. 



Some anxiety was shown for fear the malady might 

 be disseminated by the bringing together of animals 

 from different countries at the great Agricultural Ex- 

 hibition at Vienna, which took place in May last ; and 

 the directors of the show, early in April, issued a notice, 

 in which they stated " that the cases of disease which 

 had occurred in Moldavia and Silesia had been confined 



altogether to the individual animals which had been im- 

 ported, and that the cattle of the country was free from 

 all murrain." It was further notified, that on the days 

 appointed for the admission of animals for exhibition the 

 transport to Vienna of cattle intended for the slaughter- 

 house would not be permitted by railroad, and that the 

 conveyance of the cattle to be exhibited would be effected 

 in perfectly new waggons. 



The extent of the last outbreak in Austria, its dura- 

 tion, &c., will be shown by the following official re- 

 port : 



As the facts set forth in this Report arc so explicit, 

 that no comments thereon are required, we may proceed 



