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comminuted food is found lodged in the cheeks. The dis- 

 eased animals become weaker, their general condition grows 

 worse and they become slightly emaciated. As they finally 

 are unable to take nourishment the emaciation becomes ac- 

 centuated, the gait becomes tottering, and standing erect 

 difificult. Toward the later stages the patients will lie down 

 all day and become perfectly useless. The tumefactions 

 that deform the facial bones become more pronounced and 



Fig. 96. 

 Tumefaction of the Facial Bones (Marcone) . 



extend to the lachrymals, the zygoma, the turbinated and 

 frontals, giving a singular physiognomy. The teeth are 

 surrounded by tumefied, red, and indurated gums, the hard 

 palate and tongue are tumefied, and the teeth loosen in the 

 alveolar cavities. The osseous tumefactions diminish the 

 lumina of the nasal cavities and obstruct the respirations, 

 which become loud and sniffling, and even threaten to cause 

 death from asphyxiation. Finally, the bones having grown 

 more and more tumefied, they lose their solidity and yield 



