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The urine may be normally clear, or dark colored. The penis 

 hangs out of the sheath several inches farther than in health. 



Appetite is sometimes impaired, or completely lost, but usually 

 the patient eats and drinks to the last, but without proper di- 

 gestion or assimilation. It does not check the advance of ma- 

 rasmus. Thirst often becomes excessive and in such cases, there 

 is diuresis together with frequent and excessive rumbling of the 

 bowels. The loins are very sensitive to pinching. 



About sixty to seventy per cent, in different outbreaks show 

 oedema, in the epigastric region it may be six inches in diameter, 

 or it may extend from the sternum back so as to include the ab- 

 domen, sheath, or mammae, and perineum, and even the hind 

 limbs. Considerable serous oozing takes place from this for four 

 or five days after which it dries up. 



In about seven to fourteen per cent, the head became cedema- 

 tous and swollen, with an abundant foetid purulent discharge from 

 the nose and eyes, and extensive ulceration of the pituita and 

 conjunctiva. Such cases became completely blind prior to death. 

 In other cases extensive ulceration of the skin set in with the 

 formation of most repulsive sores. 



The nervous symptoms assumed various forms ; in some there 

 was stupor with head resting on the ground ; in others ex- 

 treme debility and paraplegia with phenomenally rapid ema- 

 ciation ; in a few hemiplegia, or even delirium was shown ; 

 in all there was a marked paresis of the digestive organs and 

 especially impairment of peristalsis. The blood assumed a dark 

 gluey aspect. 



The most constant symptoms appear to be dyspnoea under 

 exercise, pare.sis of the hind limbs and intestines, genital atony, a 

 wonderfully rapid and extreme emaciation, oedema, and a tend- 

 ency to impaired nutrition or ulcerous degenerations of the pituita, 

 conjunctiva or skin. 



Lesions. Congestion or inflammation of the intestines was usually 

 noted, with petechise on the peritoneum, especially the omentum, 

 and on other serosse. The .serosse, mucosae and other normally 

 white tissues were of a yellowish color, more or less deep. The 

 liver was enlarged, much softened, gorged with black blood, and 

 sometimes of a greenish color. The spleen was more or less black, 

 and friable sometimes coming to pieces in handling. The kidneys 



