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the breed of horses affected, but as a general statement one may 

 say that in the indigenous breed of equines or country-breds the 

 period is the shortest, and increases in length according to the 

 ratio of the distance from India from which the imported animals 

 have been introduced. Concurrently with the above-mentioned 

 manifestations other symptoms make their appearance and become 

 more or less accentuated. With regard to the glandular system, 

 those in close vicinity to the affected regions have up to this time 

 been the principal ones involved, but now the lymphatic glands 

 throughout the body may become implicated, including the sub- 

 maxillary. As a result, suppuration may supervene especially in 

 those in the neighbourhood of the scrotum in the stallion and 

 udder in the mare and continue in severe cases until death. The 

 affected animal suffers from malaise and spends a good deal of its 

 time in the semi-recumbent position, but with appetite unimpaired ; 

 nevertheless it gradually falls off in condition, and presents an 

 unhealthy and unconditioned appearance together with a dry and 

 staring coat. When standing, the animal alternately throws the 

 weight of its body from one hind limb to the other, and specially 

 when first removed from the stall may stumble ; at the walk the 

 point of the hoof will be seen to tip the ground and later the 

 animal may drag the posterior extremities. Frequently these 

 symptoms are intermittent and entirely disappear for days together, 

 recurring just as suddenly, and for the most part only affecting 

 mares, according to our observations in India. The sensibility in 

 the lumbar region as noted by all observers is so marked in the 

 majority of cases that slight but sustained pressure will make the 

 animal crouch, if not fall, to the ground. This sensibility is more 

 especially present over the kidney-region, and albumen may now 

 be observed in varying quantities in the urine. During this period 

 of the disease articular swellings make their appearance in some 

 animals. They are somewhat fugitive in character, now affecting 

 one hock or fetlock joint, but within 4 to 48 hours another limb 

 may be the seat of the swelling, while some pain on pressure is 

 frequently evinced, due no doubt to the inflammatory condition of 

 the engorged synovial membranes. As a complication, lymphan- 

 gitis of a limb may appear and persist, thus helping to rapidly 



