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torn, sufficiently marked to attract attention, is pawing, 

 which may be kept up for hours, the animal j^awing with 

 first one foot and then the other. Soon he may be ob- 

 served to cringe and look at his side. Usually at this time 

 the pulse may, on a close examination, be found to be 

 slightly accelerated, beating perhaps at the rate of forty-five 

 per minute, and is full and bounding, the mouth is warmer 

 than natural, and the eye presents a more or less injected 

 appearance. The animal now becomes more restless than 

 ever, lying down and rolling, and at this stage of the 

 disease performs both acts in as violent a manner as though 

 suffering from an attack of colic. But as the disease pro- 

 gresses he becomes more careful in his movements, lying 

 down and rising very carefully, and usually turns around 

 two or three times before lying down. As the disease 

 advances, the pain, which is evidently of the most agonizing 

 character, increases, and when down he tries to roll upon 

 his back and balance himself in that position, and it may 

 also be observed that the animal uses every endeavour 

 to prevent the abdomen from coming into contact with, 

 or resting upon, the ground. He will occasionally turn on 

 his side, but does not remain in that position for more 

 than a few seconds, but rises, immediately begins look- 

 ing at his side, and at once begins to turn around again and 

 quickly lies down ; the abdomen is tense and hard to the 

 touch, and pressure upon it calls forth an expression of 

 pain, cold sweats break out, the animal will not notice food 

 or drink, and after awhile there may be noticed a peculiar 

 sighing breathing, and perhaps a short period of quietude ; 

 the pulse becomes quieter, but still retains its full and 

 bounding character. However, at a later stage of the 

 disease it becomes small and wiry, showing that a certain 

 amount of effusion has taken place. The eye now may 

 very properly be described as bloodshot, the cornea becomes 



