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takes on extra duty, and we have excessive 

 sweating ; and various scaly, itching, and 

 unsightly eruptions make their appear- 

 ance. 



These unburned and poisonous tissue 

 wastes affect the muscles, and stiffness of 

 the shoulder manifests itself, or weakness 

 of the back, or muscular defect somewhere. 

 The hoofs become slowly impaired and 

 lose their toughness, and become brittle 

 and weak. The nervous system suffers, 

 and the animal loses vivacity, vigor and 

 endurance. Touching the brain, you have 

 the temporary delirium, known as ''blind 

 staggers." Affecting the co-ordinating 

 centres, you have stumbling and ''string- 

 halt." Settling upon the digestive tract, 

 "crib biting" and "wind sucking" and 



