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saliva would flow from the mouth. The temperature of the skin 

 is warm, the pulse 60, the respiration normal. They all eat 

 heartily, but masticate and swallow with difficulty. There is 

 abundance of saliva, a green discharge from the nostrils, water 

 taken returns through the nose, and the Schneiderian membrane 

 is of a rose color. The submaxillary glands enlarge, the mucous 

 membrane becomes hot, and firm nodules make their appearance. 



Fig. 83— Stomatitis Pustuloso. 



These extend to the cheeks, tip of the tongiie, inferior surface of 

 the tongue and lips. They soon form ulcers and ultimately begin 

 to heal. The disease runs a rapid course. The ulcers begin heal- 

 ing about the sixth, and the animal gets clear of the disease, 

 under treatment, in twelve or fourteen days. The disease is trans- 

 missible to man and some of the lower animals. 



The disease greatly resembles glanders, but the close observ'er 

 will see a vast difference from it. 



