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our making a rope with which to hang ourselves* Such, I 
think, will most assuredly be done if this project is carried 
out. For men who have been instrumental in framing the 
laws, will, soon after their existence, be condemned by 
judge, council, and jurymen, for giving opinions in court 
directly opposed to what they have previously subscribed 
their names ; when all the while, any one who understands 
the case, will say the veterinary, surgeon is right in both 
instances. 
MALIGNANT INFLUENZA OR SORE-THROAT 
FEVER IN CATTLE. 
By W. A. Cox, Jun., M.R.C.V.S., Ashbourne. 
A disease has presented itself among the horned cattle 
in this part of the country, every autumn and early winter 
months for several years past, which has generally proved 
fatal. 
On the 3d of the present month we were requested to 
attend a sturk, the property of Mr. Phillips, of Swinscoe, 
near this place. 
On my arrival, the symptoms presented were — loss of ap- 
petite, with suspension of rumination, coryza, or defluxion 
from the eyes, which were much swollen ; discharge from 
mouth and nostrils, the nasal openings being nearly closed 
up from the accumulation of a glutinous, fetid secretion ; 
respiration a little increased, and accompanied with a kind of 
“snore.” On examining the mouth, I found the buccal 
membrane above the dorsum of the tongue to be in a highly 
diseased state, being studded over wflth malignant sores. 
The Schneiderian membrane was also in the same state. 
The cuticle had sloughed from the end of the nose, and left 
a raw surface. The voiding of the faeces and urine caused 
considerable pain to be evinced by the animal. I looked at 
the mucous membrane lining the vagina, and also the rec- 
tum, and found it to be in a state similar to that described 
as existing in the mouth and nostrils. The pulse was quick 
and weak, ranging between 80 and 90 in the minute. The 
skin chilly; the coat staring ; with trembling or rigors. As 
the animal had been bled before my arrival, I proceeded to 
administer a diffusible stimulant combined with a purgative. 
At the same time the prognosis was decidedly unfavorable, 
which proved to be correct. The animal had been ill for 
two days previous to our being sent for. 
I did not attend to make a post-mortem examination, but 
