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constipation ; the sexual organs of the cow are 

 red and inflamed, and furrowed with livid 

 streaks. The cattle grow leaner and leaner, 

 some of them dying at this period. If they 

 still hold out, the diarrhoea becomes more fre- 

 quent, more fetid, and sometimes bloody ; 

 gases are developed under the skin, along the 

 spine, where they form wide flat tumours, 

 which crackle when pressed upon with the 

 fingers. Finally, the mucus which runs from 

 the head becomes still thicker and more fetid ; 

 a glutinous foam stops up the mouth ; the eyes, 

 filled with humour, sink in the orbit ; the 

 bodily warmth decreases, the animal sways his 

 head from right to left, becomes insensible, 

 cold ; his head lolls on one side, and he dies, 

 panting, from exhaustion and asphyxia, the 

 tenth or twelfth day after the disease has been 

 confirmed. 



The carcass exhibits a repulsive appearance ; 

 the hide is dry, excoriated, and cracked ; it 

 sticks to the bones, which show the form of a 

 skeleton, and the putrid decomposition, which 

 had already set in before death, seizes rapidly 

 on all the tissues. 



The course of the disease is not always the 



