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dent signs of not being up to the mark. He is 

 listless and dull about the ej^es, he is inclined 

 to shiver now and again, yet seems hot and 

 thirsty; has no appetite for solids; and loses 

 flesh rapidly (which latter is an important sign, 

 clearly indicating something serious). Some- 

 times there is, and sometimes there is not, a 

 cough, but usually there is a more or less severe 

 attack of catarrh. As the disease progresses, 

 various symptoms present themselves, accord- 

 ing to the locality of the disease, which usually 

 affects one part of the body more severely, al- 

 though there are plenty of cases which seem to 

 present all the comphcations known. An attack 

 of diarrhoea, or alternate purging and consti- 

 pation, point to what is known as 'bowel' dis- 

 temper; a fit is a sign that the brain is the chief 

 organ affected; an attack of quick, short breath- 

 ing shows the lungs to be affected; obviously 

 each of these different phases needs different 

 treatment, and the main thing to be done when 

 several are present is to determine which to 

 treat first, as being most serious. 



"The symptoms which are most dangerous, 

 and as such need earliest attention, are fits, 

 kidney trouble and difficulty of breathing — each 

 one of which indicates inflammation — the brains, 



