34 SPECIFIC AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



usual lines of recognised symptoms and character, with a ten- 

 dency to imitate the prevailing epizootic. 



While it is also deserving of notice that during the con- 

 tinuance of severe epizootics, ordinary wounds, either received 

 accidentally or inflicted in the course of surgical practice, are 

 more inclined to show tardiness in healing, with an unhealthy 

 condition of granulating tissue, than wounds of the same 

 character during seasons when such influences do not prevail. 



