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former continued in apparent health." 

 Describing the symptoms of acute 

 glanders, a form of the disease which 

 is of course the most easily diagnosed, 

 Captain Hayes says : " More or less 

 persistent shivering fits ; a marked rise 

 (often of f or 8° Fahr.) in the internal 

 temperature of the body (normal, about 

 99° Fahr.), and, consequently, more or 

 less fever usher in the attack. The 

 coat is dry and staring ; the pulse 

 frequent and weak ; the breathing 

 hurried and painful ; the animal rapidly 

 loses condition ; and the mucous mem- 

 branes of the nose become filled with 

 nodules and ulcers which run together 



