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lent toxaemia and the obstructions of respira- 

 tion, conveys to all the organs a principle of 

 dissolution ; the nervous system is in a manner 

 paralysed, as is shown in the animal's insen- 

 sibility. 



The secretions stop up the various channels 

 and cavities ; they lodge within them ; they 

 undergo a putrid decomposition, and pass out 

 with difficulty in the form of a purulent and 

 bloody flux, in the highest degree infectious. 

 Very soon the sick animal has ceased really to 

 live ; it struggles and labours with its agony ; 

 if the lungs are clogged with gas or fluid they 

 rattle hurriedly and often ; the animal cannot 

 hold its head up even when lying down, and 

 when standing moves it to and fro as if affected 

 with the natural shaking of old age, and as if 

 seeking to ward off some indescribable evil, 

 the occurrence of which it was awaiting. 



The animal's body is a prey given up before- 

 hand to the laws of organic decomposition : 

 the internal mucous membrane of the cheeks 

 and lips peels off in strips when rubbed ; the 

 sores on the skin have a livid and gangrenous 

 look ; the eggs which the flies deposit on the 



