OF THE OX. 291 



to the cows : their milk, which was already 

 diminished, suddenly dries up altogether, and 

 that lowness of spirits which had been visible 

 for some days before, passes into stupor. If 

 at this time you touch their horns, their ex- 

 tremities, their hide in any part, you find that 

 all these different parts are sometimes warm, 

 sometimes cold. From this day forward you 

 will witness, one by one, a succession of dis- 

 orders in the animal's health : partial shiver- 

 ings at the attachment of the fore and hind 

 limbs, loud panting breathing, with slight 

 cough, the urine scanty and thick, the drop- 

 pings hard and constipated, and finally, general 

 excessive warmth. If you press the back the 

 pressure will be painful, and all the signs of 

 intense fever will be manifest. 



Already these indications have divulged the 

 nature of the malady you have to deal with ; 

 but others more significant succeed them which 

 remove every doubt. The breathing becomes 

 more hurried and oppressed, more puffy; 

 from the eyes, nostrils, and mouth there 

 issues a discharge which, thin and irritant at 

 first, soon becomes thick and purulent, and of 

 a fetid smell. Diarrhoea takes the place of 



