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stupid ; and refuses food, partly from loss of ap- 

 petite, but more evidently from the soreness of 

 its mouth; on every part of which, tongue, gums,, 

 and on the inside of the lips, the eruption is dis- 

 covered. Of these malignant cases some have 

 died in twenty-four and thirty-six hours : others 

 have struggled through eight or ten days, and a 

 few, but very few, have recovered. Between 

 these grades of mild and malignant claveau, the 

 variety has been almost as great as the number 

 of animals seized. But neither in the confluent, 

 or mild species, was any high degree of fever 

 manifested by hot feet, ears, or mouth ; which, 

 in general, were rather below their natural de- 

 gree of heat J and in some of the worst cases, 

 were actually cold. Nor did the breathing of- 

 ten become quick and laborious until very near 

 the fatal termination of the disease. 



Of the lambs, some were seized within three 

 days after birth, so that I believe they must have 

 brought the infection with them: others were 

 not seized until they were eight, ten, or fourteen 

 days old ; and I thought evidently took the dis- 

 ease from the older and more early infected lambs. 



The little animals, in general, appeared to droop 

 for a day or two ; and then the first symptom, as in 

 the older sheep, was an inflammation of the eye- 

 lids and lips. This was soon followed by the 

 eruption, which appeared very thick and florid on 

 the inside of the thighs, and other naked parts, 

 and could be felt on every part of the body. 



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