SO THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



days; or if an ox, he will be wild and un- 

 governable, and then fall as if thunderstruck, 

 fastened to his stall. Finally, in other cases, 

 these first two phases of the distemper will not 

 prove fatal, the intestinal injuries will pursue 

 their course, and the affected animals will not 

 die until the third period. 



As we have seen, the morbid phenomena 

 may be different, although the affection con- 

 tinues the same ; the typhoid fever or the 

 typhus being nevertheless the essential disease 

 which prevails. 



These generalities, to some readers, may 

 appear irrelevant, but let them not be mis- 

 taken ; they have a claim to our notice, and 

 are really important. They show, indeed, that 

 independent of the preventive treatment, 

 which is an absolute rule in the case of viru- 

 lent, contagious, and non-recurring diseases, 

 the treatment of the disease itself, when it has 

 declared itself, and when.it pursues its course, 

 cannot be the same for every patient ; and 

 that, moreover, this treatment must vary in 

 the different phases of the disease, as phy- 

 sicians and veterinarians are well aware. 



These generalities, likewise, explain the 



