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Barthelemy, Alasonniere, L,ombroso and Hausniann, Clichy, Rey, 

 Gamgee and others give similar examples. 



A large number of observations show the dangerous results on 

 the horse of mouldy bread, inducing colics, vertigo, profuse 

 sweating. 



Symptoms. When Adynamia prevails there is great dullness 

 and depression, the senses are blunted, the head depressed rest- 

 ing on the manger, the eyes sunken-, weeping and half covered 

 by the drooping upper lid, the conjunctiva is congested, some- 

 times yellow or marked by petechiae. The mouth is hot the 

 lower lips pendent, the tongue furred, the abdomen somewhat 

 tympanitic, with slight colics, but with little rumbling or indica- 

 tion of peristalsis. There is a primary constipation, a few small, 

 hard pellets being passed with effort. The temperature may be 

 102° to 104°, breathing short, pulse small, weak; the walk 

 unsteady, the animal preferring to stand, completely apathetic. 

 In some cases a profuse diarrhoea sets in and may prove fatal. 



In the cases attended by diuresis, the weakness is extreme, 

 emaciation advancing rapidly, but the other symptoms of nervous 

 depression are less marked, the poLsons being apparently' elimi- 

 nated by the kidneys (see diuresis). 



In the Vertiginous form the disease may set in with more or 

 less hyperthermia, anorexia, a dislike particularly of the spoiled 

 fodder, yellowness of the visible mucosae, slow breathing, small 

 accelerated pulse, costiveness, tympany, colics more or less 

 intense, tenderness of the belly, and sooner or later marked ner- 

 vous disorder. This may be in the form of stupor, the head 

 resting in the manger, the senses are manifestl}' clouded, the 

 animal walks unsteadily, staggers, steps heavily, striking the 

 feet against obstacles, and stumbling. At- the end of a variable 

 number of hours (2 to 6 or 8 after feeding) nervous excitability 

 and vertigo may supervene. He may push the head against the 

 wall, the jaws clenched, grinding the teeth, the eyes fixed, pupils 

 dilated, facial muscles contracted, respirations hurried, heart pal- 

 pitating and the .skin perspiring. He may continue in this posi- 

 tion, moving his feet as if walking, or he may rear plunging his 

 feet into the manger or fall back over, and rising push anew 

 against any object he may come in contact with. Coulbaux 

 speaks of rabiform symptoms .such as attempts to bite but any 

 such deliberate purpose is rare. 



