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bon," and in man it is known as " malignant 

 pustule" and " wool-sorter's disease " ; whilst in 

 cattle the popular name for it is "splenic 

 apoplexy." 



There is a closely allied form of the disease 

 which occasionally affects the tongue of the horse 

 and ox, known as "gloss-anthrax," indicated by 

 a swollen condition of that organ, along with 

 blisters upon it, swelling of the head, etc. 



Anthrax assumes various forms ; sometimes as 

 an acute disease ; in other instances, sub-acute ; 

 and it is, as a rule, a difficult malady to diagnose 

 during life. 



In horses the only evidence of its existence 

 may be severe pain in the belly ; elevation of 

 internal temperature, and speedy collapse. As a 

 rule, cattle die very suddenly with it, and the 

 stock-owner may leave his animals apparently well 

 at night, yet find one or more dead on the 

 following morning, — no matter whether they are 

 housed, or at pasture. It is generally the most 

 thrifty members of the herd that succumb, and 

 whenever the proprietor has any sudden losses 

 amongst his stock he should loose no time in 

 reporting the matter to the nearest local authority, 

 which in rural districts may be the Police Officer, 

 as anthrax is a notifiable disease, and its existence, 

 (or suspected existence) demands extreme pre- 

 cautionary measures to be taken m order to guard 

 against, not only the infection of man, but of 



