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must be observed, that in this distemper con- 

 valescence is long and slow, and very deceit- 

 ful. A too substantial course of feeding often 

 revives the inflammation of the intestines by 

 irritating ulcerations not yet healed, and more 

 than one animal which had been looked upon 

 as cured has perished in its convalescence 

 through a lack of watchful attention. 



Herbivorous beasts, therefore, incline to 

 and digest animal food; consequently, we 

 must give sick -oxen meat broths, pure milk, 

 or milk and water. With these must be mixed 

 wheat straw chopped small, for hay or even 

 oat straw would swell and distend the 

 stomachs. 



The typhus in this epizootia is not regular 

 in its progress and development. Frequently 

 the nervous or pulmonary phenomena predo- 

 minate, when the treatment, such as we have 

 just explained, must be modified. We must 

 also bear in mind that nature does not divide 

 a disease into periods, like those we have 

 adopted to render our exposition of the symp- 

 toms more intelligible and the treatment itself 

 more methodical. 



If the nervous form of the disease prevails 



