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contains a thin liquid. The spot then becomes in succession 

 red, brown, and finally of a dark-violet color. It is very 

 hard and forms a knot. A few days afterward a general 

 swelling appears, and symptoms of disease begin to show 

 themselves. The patient becomes sad, has the headache, 

 nausea and fever. Chills alternate with burning heat, and 

 the patient suffers great thirst.. The tongue is dry and 

 painful, the patient speaks incoherently, faints, and finally 

 dies under the most excruciating sufierings. 



I myself observed two such cases — the first on the lands 

 of Count Dolgrow in the Russian Steppes, in 1846, and the 

 second in 1849, on the lands of Count Pourtales in Prussia, 

 near Berlin. In both death ensued, although the most 

 celebrated doctors (especially in the second case) made 

 strenuous endeavors to master the disease. 



A sense of duty therefore leads me to draw the attention 

 of the government to the prevention of this terrible disease, 

 especially in this country, where veterinary suj'gery is yet 

 in its infancy, and a veterinarian occupies but an humble 

 position in the eyes of the masses. If therefore there is 

 any suspicion of contagion, an experienced doctor should at 

 once be summoned. 



PLEURO-PNEUMONIA, CATTLE EPIDEMIC OR 

 RINDERPEST. 



This disease appears in two difierent forms, viz. : Acute, 

 and slow or lingering. 



The first symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia appear in the 

 following form : 



In the beginning of the disease the animals are in a state 

 of languor and dreariness, keeping their fore legs wide 



