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and leave large, unsightly and inactive sores. Eecoveries 

 are the exception and too often slow and tedious. 



(C) In Sheep. Carbuncular Erysipelas. This strongly 

 resembles black-quarter of cattle. Like that it attacks 

 the finest of the flock and the bodies of its victims are 

 found dead in the field. There is first halting on a hmb, 

 then a red or violet swelling beginning inside the leg and 

 rapidly extending over the body. The feeling, appearance 

 and course of the sweUiag agree with those of black-quarter 

 and death occurs in a few hours, or in exceptional cases in 

 two days. 



(D) In Swine. These suffer from Anthrax of tJie Mouth, 

 comparable to hlack-tongue, carbuncular erysipelas, hke that 

 of the ^ee^, pharyngeal anthrax and tumors about the throat, 

 which sometimes at least have the anthrax characters. 



(1) The Carbuncular Erysipelas has been constantly con- 

 founded in systematic veterinary works with intestinal fe- 

 ver but is a distinct disease, being derivable from other 

 anthrax patients and communicable to other genera of an- 

 imals and to man, whereas Jwg-cholera is absolutely con- 

 fined to swine. 



(2) 3Ialignant 8ore-throat. Pharyngeal Anthrax. This 

 is perhaps the most frequent form of the disease in 

 swine, often appearing to arise from eating the carcasses 

 or excretions of other anthrax animals. There is active 

 fever with redness and swelling of the throat, neck, breast 

 and even the fore Umbs. This is at first hard, elastic, 

 warm and tender, but becomes purple, cool, insensible and 

 pits on pressure. There is loss of appetite, retching, vom- 

 iting, purple patches and black spots on the eyes, snout 

 and skin, difiicult breathing through the mouth, Hvid 

 tongue, decreasing temperature, great weakness and death 

 in one or two days. 



(3) In the guttural tumors the swelling is circumscribed 

 to the size of a kTdney-bean or egg, on one or both sides 

 of the throat, extending to involve the throat generally, 

 causing vomiting, difficult breathing and swallowing, the 



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