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or a discharge of viscous matter which adheres in thick incrusta- 
tions around the alae of the nostrils, with, occasionally, an appear- 
ance of drops of blood. The nostrils are more or less dilated ; the 
respiration more or less frequent, according to the sharpness of the 
abdominal pains or the existence of a lamentable complication of 
thoracic with abdominal disease. The ear applied to the wind- 
pipe or to the walls of the thorax almost always detects a well- 
marked mucous rale ; also there is cough, with full, strong, and 
frequent pulse. 
In the SECOND STAGE, the mouth becomes dry, and sometimes 
displays aphthae or cracks of some depth. The tongue is red 
about its point and along its sides, but its middle and base are of 
a deep yellow tint. The breath is tainted. When abdominal 
symptoms are present, which is not always the case, they are suffi- 
ciently well marked. The dung is either very hard, or it is, more 
commonly, liquid; sometimes it is bloody, and issues a foetid 
odour ; the debility frequently being such at this period as to 
cause constant opening of the anus. The pituitary membrane is 
dry, and covered with bloody points. The conjunctive membrane 
is reddened and infiltrated, and, like the pituitary, presents pete- 
chial patches. The pulse has not its force and fulness, &c. & c. 
Some veterinarians have remarked at this period upon the insides 
of the thighs those little transparent vesicles to which the name of 
sudamina has been given. Urine scanty, possessing a remarkable 
fetor, and voided occasionally with great pain. Great dejec- 
tion, and occasionally stupor ; and, ordinarily, at this period it is 
that the ataxic or adynamic symptoms set in. 
In THE third STAGE, the parotids tumefy and ulcerate ; and 
any setons or rowels that may have been introduced, or blisters, be- 
come so many causes of mortification of the parts in which they have 
been applied. And now, the mouth becomes quite dried up ; the 
tongue acquires a horny feel and turns brown ; the gums and teeth 
are covered with a dingy slime. Epistaxis, which mostly appears 
during the inflammatory stage, now returns. The pulse becomes 
irregular, and more and more feeble. CEdema, sometimes consider- 
able, of the extremities. Great debility. The temperature of the 
body sinks. The neck, belly, flanks, axilla and groins, become 
covered with cold and clammy sweats; the tympanitis increases ; the 
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