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Rinderpest. 



purulent. On forcibly separating the lids a great quantity of 

 discharge runs out, and dries below the inner canthus of the 

 eye into-dry crusts. On the surface of the inflamed conjunctivae 

 fine pseudo-membranes form, and sometimes the cornea becomes 

 cloudy (according to Krajewski especially in dry warm 

 weather). 



From the nasal opening there is first a glassy transparent, 

 tenacious, later a more purulent and at last a dirty gray or 

 brown, fetid, ichorous or bloody discharge running down the 



Fig. 43. Stomatitis in rinderpest. ( After the reports of the English Commission 



of the year 1866.) 



muzzle. The nasal mucous membrane as far as it may be 

 examined, is at first spotted, later uniformly reddened, and 

 sprinkled with dark red, punctiform hemorrhages. The itching 

 produced by the inflammation of the mucous membrane causes 

 the animals to blow frequently, and to continuously move the 

 head up and down, or from right to left, and sometimes to 

 even shake it violently. As a result of the developing difficulty 

 in respiration the animals sometimes shake their whole bodies, 



