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to any statements of our own, for this author has also 

 entered at length into the origin of phlegmonous tu- 

 mours and ulcers, which are said to follow ovination if 

 due precautionary measures are not adopted ; a subject 

 on which we lack experience. D' Arboval observes, that 

 " the moculated animals ought to be kept quiet, and that 

 all causes which are likely to either increase or retard 

 the effects of the operation should be avoided. If the 

 weather is mild and fine, they may be turned into the 

 pastures to graze, and even allowed to remain out 

 during the night ; but on the contrary, in cold and 

 damp weather, they must be sheltered, more particu- 

 larly at night, and be supplied with nourishing diet. 

 The greatest attention should be given to those sheep 

 which suffer the most. If they are exposed to rain, 

 snow, or severe cold, or even to great heat, or sudden 

 storms, the progress of the eruption vnll be arrested. 

 The houtons (papulae) lose their prominent form, and 

 become flatter ; the skin surrounding them acquires a 

 livid or marbled appearance, which is succeeded by 

 sloushs and sjanm-enous tumours. Secondary fever 

 sets in, accompanied with a loathing of food, and with 

 rapid exhaustion, ending in death. 



" When inoculation has been carried out on a large 

 scale, tumours are often developed upon or close to 

 the punctures; these enlargements are centered in 

 the subcutaneous tissue, and more generally follow 

 deep incisions. The inflammation producing them 

 (piickly results in gangrene, and the patient is almost 

 certain to be lost, unless active remedial means are 

 adopted. Occasionally, however, abscesses of various 

 sizes arise from the phlegmonous inflammation. The 

 tumour generally appears between the tenth and twen- 



