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experienced a sudden relapse ; tlie respiration became 

 much quickened, acc(3nipanied with a frecpient and 

 painful cough, and other symptoms which indicated the 

 existence of pneumonia. 



Nor. \G. — It is evident that the poor animal cannot 

 survive long; the vital powers are nearly exhausted. 

 Examination of the skin shews papnlce unchanged ; 

 large ei'uptlve vesicles distended with a thin and limpid 

 Jluid ; smaller ones containing an opaline ichor; p?is- 

 tules here and there ; and in other parts, approaching 

 sphacelus. 



Late in the day death closed the scene. To narrate 

 the post-mortem appearances would only be to give a 

 recapitulation of those described in Chapter IV. We 

 may, however, remark, that this is the case alluded 

 to at page 88, in which the serous membranes of the 

 thorax were principally involved. 



We abstain from making any comments on these 

 experiments, as we" have others to record, and shall 

 therefore continue our account of ovination. The 

 French inoculators do not consider that any prepara- 

 tory treatment is necessary, beyond due discretion in 

 the selection of the lymph, the avoidance of the opera- 

 tion during all extremes of weather, and delaying it 

 until the animals are from four to six months old. We, 

 however, should hesitate to inoculate a flock without 

 taking every precautionary measure to secure success, 

 and would invariably so attend to the dieting of the 

 animals for several days prior to the operation, as to 

 produce a healthy state of their systems. If any doubt 

 of this existed, then we would exhibit suitable medi- 

 cinal agents, and alter the plan of management until 



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