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apart, so that the shoulder-blades and elbows protrude out- 

 ward from the breast, the head hanging downward; the 

 eyes appear dull and in tears ; the hair bristly ; the respi- 

 ration is short and uneasy, with a heavy movement of the 

 flanks and nostrils. From time to time a dull, painful and 

 oppressed cough is observable, especially in the morning, 

 when the animal is drinking or leaving the stable. The 

 appetite for food is in many cases still unabated, although 

 there is a remarkable disappearance of rumination ; milk- 

 ing cows produce less milk, and it is thin and coagulates 

 very soon. 



During the progress of the disease the cough increases, 

 becoming shorter, more dry and weak ; the appetite and 

 rumination disappear, and the yield of milk very soon 

 ceases entirely. The sick animal stands with head and 

 throat erect, the respiration is difiicult, with a visible move- 

 ment of the ribs and flanks, and the nostrils burst wide 

 open. A thick slime flows from the eyes and nose, the ani- 

 mal drinks very little, and in short movements interrupted 

 by coughs ; is falling away, diarrhoea appears, and during 

 the last days the animal in most cases lies down, not to rise 

 again, and dies. 



A great deal is said at the present time of this disease, 

 which has made its appearance in almost every State in the 

 Union, and the great losses caused from this horrible 

 plague are enough to discourage all our large cattle- 

 owners and dealers at such a dark hour of our country. 

 It is therefore advisable to act in our own interest, and to 

 look for a remedy against this horrible disease, which not 

 only proves fatal to separate States, but sometimes to whole 

 countries. The great importance of the subject, as well as 

 the great danger threatened to cattle, generally causes 

 the governments of these countries to pay particular atten- 

 tion to the treatment and abatement of the disease. Opin- 



