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the distemper at last produces death the in- 

 juries fix themselves more exclusively on the 

 digestive channels, and we witness, in dissec- 

 tion, ulcerations in some, in others mere spots 

 of a livid red, more or less extensive. 



Finally, although the typhus be one of the 

 gravest maladies which destroy and decimate 

 cattle, all sick animals are not mortally affected 

 thereby. In the present epizootia, five per 

 cent., as nearly as can be ascertained, recover ; 

 and when that happens, signs of a favourable 

 omen are observable during the course of the 

 attack. In these favourable instances, indeed, 

 the symptoms, even though they exhibit a 

 certain gravity, pursue a regular course ; fever 

 does not become remittent; the faecal dis- 

 charge is copious and easy, with less fcetor ; 

 the animal loses flesh slowly and progressively; 

 the tumours are cutaneous, inflammatory; 

 their character is good, depurative, and rather 

 purulent than gaseous and crackling. The 

 droppings do not show that high degree of 

 pestilential decomposition described above ; 

 the animal in his drink welcomes and digests 

 a mixture of bran and flour ; the secretions of 

 purulent mucus and the faecal discharges dry 



