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of the attendant, and those having the care of the animal, no 

 improvement is visible. In spite of everything "which may 

 have been done to afford relief, the patient coughs ; and there 

 is something in the very sound of the cough which tells an 

 experienced ear the whole history of the change which may 

 have commenced within the chest : it is soft and feeble in its 

 nature ; it comes languidly, is constrained, and hangs, as it were, 

 in the throat ; the animal, in fact, is evidently afraid to cough, 

 from the acute pain which is experienced during the act. The 

 countenance of the patient is dejected, and the eyes present a 

 dull, inanimate aspect : the limbs may be hot, of only a moderate 

 warmth, or some of them may be warm and others cold. In 

 other cases, if the hand is laid upon one of the limbs, a moderate 

 degree of warmth is felt at first ; but if the hand is retained 

 for a short time, a coldness becomes perceptible, which rises, as 

 it were, from the deeper-seated structures of the limb. The 

 membrane lining the nostrils will present a leaden-like hue, or 

 a dirty, dull, bluish colour ; the glands beneath the jaws may 

 be a little swollen, and the throat sore ; or these symptoms 

 may be absent. The pulse usually beats about 70, or from 

 that to 76 per minute ; it is feeble, and easily compressed ; 

 or it may appear full, and yet be easily compressed ; and 

 perhaps it inay have presented these characters for the last 

 four or five days (characters which denote a bad state of the 

 system when they are present for so long a period) . In some 

 cases, if the hand be pressed upon the sides of the chest, the 

 skin in immediate contact with it will exhibit a tremulous mo- 

 tion. The hair over the surface of the body generally will 

 appear dry and penfeathered ; the mouth will be offensive ; the 

 appetite totally gone, or nearly so : the dung will be dry, or in 

 little lumps like wax balls. The urine will be scanty and high 

 in colour, and emit a powerful odour. The respirations will 



