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and gradually assumes its natural appearance. The distinctive ap- 

 pearances on the vulva and the inside of the mouth disappear very 

 slowly. (Wood.) 



The attacks (of pain, &c.,) gradually subside, the skin becomes 

 warm and remains so, appetite and rumination return, looseness dimin- 

 ishes, &c. 



In convalescence, a scabby eruption very often appears on the skin, 

 accompanied by itching, especially on the nape of the neck or the 

 sides of the neck, and on the back. (Egan.) This scabby eruption, 

 sometimes also seen on the nostrils, and frequently met in other parts 

 of the country, has 7iot been seen in more than a dozen cases that 

 have been treated homoeopathically in this neighborhood. (Pope.) 



If, however, from the virulence of tlie attack, or the lack 

 of sufficient constitutional power to resist the disease, or from 

 neglect and injudicious treatment, the period of congestion 

 is not relieved by any favorable indications, then follow the 

 symptoms which result in death. 



Sometimes in the natural course of the disease, more frequently 

 perhaps from the injudicious use of irritant purgatives, the constipated 

 state of the bowels is chanored to a diarrhoeic condition. The dunsr 

 becomes soft and pappy, and at length liquid, not unfrequently colored 

 with blood ; it is usually voided with little effort in small and frequent 

 passages. (Egan.) "Diarrhoea,- often dysenteric in its character, or 

 thin, watery and offensive in the highest degree, sets in, and exhaus- 

 tion, accompanied by intense restlessness, follows, and death takes 

 place from simple exhaustion. Sometimes where symptoms seem to 

 have improved, the animal becomes suddenly more dull ; the head 

 drops, the eyes look heavier, the conjunctivae are almost livid, the 

 teeth are ground, the animal butts at everything within reach, oflen- 

 times becoming furious, and suddenly dies." (Pope.) 



Again; diarrhoea might set in on the second or third day, and 

 about the fifth day it is generally fatal; but it begins by nervous 

 symptoms, and these are so strong at times that a cow might be found 

 dead in the morning without having been suspected to be ill at all. 

 (Simonds.) 



On the other hand, constipation is attended not unfrequently with 

 great distention of the abdomen, becomes obstinate and aggravates 

 all the other symptoms. Respiration is now slow, very laborious, 

 moaning or grunting, and the pulse slow and small. The superficial 

 membrane of the mouth peels off from the gums and lips, leaving the 

 surface raw. A similar action occasionally takes place in the intes- 



