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identically same resources are employed in all : — why 

 therefore ought the reader to be troubled with a hundred 

 trifling phases, which, not being essential to the malady, 

 can only tend to perplex him in his search for the little 

 that is practically available. 



(125.) Symptoms of Br axy. In those rare cases 

 where the animal is seen at the commencement of the 

 disease, it will appear uneasy, lying down and rising up 

 repeatedly, loathing food, and drinking frequently. la 

 a little while the symptoms become more decided, and 

 fever shows itself. The wool is clapped, the skin hot, 

 the pulse quick and strong, respiration is rapid and la- 

 borious, while the blood is thick and black, issuing from 

 the orifice, in attempts at bleeding, drop by drop. 

 Sometimes the heart beats irregularly : the mouth is 

 parched, and the eyes are red, languid, partly closed, 

 and watery. The head is down, the back drawn up, 

 and the belly swollen ; there is scarcely any passage 

 through the bowels, the urine is small in quantity, high 

 coloured, and sometimes bloody. The sheep shuns the 

 flock, slowly dragging itself to some retired spot, where 

 convulsed and screaming it shortly dies. Death may 

 occur in a few hours, or may, m some rare cases, be 

 delayed for a week. A fatal termination is not so sud- 

 den as some have fancied, since the animal is in general 

 seriously ill for many liours before it is discovered. 



(12C.) Appearances on dissection. Though many 

 parts are commonly implicated in the sickness, there is 

 every reason for believing the reed to be primarily 

 affected. Inflammatory appearances, and mortification, 

 the usual result of violent inflammation in this quarter, 

 are visible on its coats, especially at the pyloric ex- 



