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Simple Scarlatina. — This form of the disease usually appears 

 in association with Epidemic Catarrh ; it seldom manifests itself 

 simultaneously with that malady, but usually on the third, 

 fourth, and even as late as the sixth day after the commence- 

 ment of the former. The animal affected with Catarrh will, 

 perhaps, be fed and left at the usual hour at night in what 

 may be considered a fair way of recovery, but when the 

 attendant enters the stable the morning following, the patient 

 may. be found affected in a very peculiar manner ; the hair 

 about the neck, the fore and the hind limbs, will be elevated 

 in blotches, while the limbs will be found in a swollen condition. 

 The blotchy elevations, generally speaking, are not large, but 

 they are exceedingly characteristic of the malady. If the 

 hand be passed lightly over them, scarcely any corresponding 

 elevations can be felt upon the skin beneath. The mucous 

 membrane of the nose will have upon it a few scarlet spots of 

 varying size. . The pulse, in some instances, will be increased 

 considerably, in the number of its beats while in others, even 

 when the disease appears very severe, not so much so. If the 

 Epidemic Catarrh, or the disease under which the patient 

 labours, be attended with soreness of the throat, such soreness 

 may become greatly increased, or it may not. Sometimes the 

 blotchy elevations are confined to the hind legs, and the scarlet 

 spots to the membrane of one nostril ; while in other cases both 

 nostrils are affected and the blotchy elevations are general, but 

 in such a very mild degree as perhaps not to excite the attention 

 of any one but a closely-observiug practitioner. If at this stage 

 of the disease the animal be judiciously treated, and the stable 

 be dry, comfortable, and well ventilated, the whole may pass off 

 in a few days without any further mischief ensuing ; but if the 

 treatment be improper, the stable cold, damp, and ill-ventilated, 

 and the animal otherwise unfavourably circumstanced, it is 



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