146 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



which he is imperfectly conscious of by a 

 general look of heaviness and stupor (T^^oc), 

 which has suggested for this disease its name 

 of typhus. 



Indeed, the poor animal's eyes are fixed, the 

 hearing becomes obtuse or indifferent, as may 

 be seen in the sinking of the ears, those organs 

 which are so sensitive, so contractile, and so 

 vigilant in herbivorous animals. With the 

 head hanging down and motionless, the neck 

 stretched out, their forelegs open and spread, 

 their buttocks drawn together and one of them 

 completely lax, they seem to succumb beneath 

 the weight of their bodies. In a word, the 

 animal exhibits through its whole bearing a 

 heavy sadness, a general dejection, which be- 

 speak a great derangement in the whole struc- 

 ture. From this time, in the animals which 

 are most seriously affected, the appetite ceases, 

 the rumination becomes irregular and partial, 

 whilst in some others the appetite and rumi- 

 nation are maintained in different degrees. 



But the incubation of the morbid elements 

 pursues its course, the alteration of the blood 

 becomes general, and the circulation is increased 

 and quickened. Alter this the fever inter- 



