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quarters, and if lie is driven up, runs reeling, with liis hind 

 legs and his head dropj)ed to the ground. At this stage, a 

 fetid diarrhea sometimes sets in. The fatal termination is 

 reached in one to three days. 



2. The Form of Malignant Sore Throat. 



This occurs when the poison, instead of expending its vio- 

 lence on the cellular tissues underneath the skin, attacks that 

 beneath the lining membrane of the throat. 



The general, symptoms at the commencement are the same ; 

 and the appearance of the throat has that same deep red, 

 passing into dark purple hue, which we have just noted iu 

 the erysipelatous variety. But the obstruction to the func- 

 tions of breathing and swallowing naturally produce a train 

 of characteristic symptoms not seen in the former case. 

 There are attempts to vomit, difficulty in swallowing, and 

 labored breathing from the first, the sensation of choking 

 being so distressing that the animal will sit on its haunches, 

 like a dog, gasping for breath, opening its mouth wide, and 

 protruding a livid and swollen tongue. Sometimes the 

 swelling about the larynx is so sudden and considerable that 

 the animal is choked to death in less than an hour, and before 

 hardly any other symptom has had time to manifest itself 

 (oedema of the larynx). 



Treatment. — When we turn to the important question of 

 treatment, w^e find two parties, the one maintaining that no 

 remedy has been or can be found for the disease ; the other 

 equally positive that treatment is often successful. The 

 former are the scientific men, who too often form their idea 

 of a disease from a theoretical study of it only ; the latter are 

 practical men of moderate education, who have tried this or 

 that receipt with satisfaction to themselves, but lack a broad 

 experience. 



We fully believe that very many cases which would other- 



