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fection of cattle decidedly appears—extreme tenderness along" 
the spine and over the loins,—so that the beast will shrink at the 
slightest touch. The cough is more frequent and convulsive, and 
a brown or bloody matter runs from the nostrils and the mouth ; 
while the animal holds his head extended, in order to be able to 
breathe* the eyes are swelled and weeping; the patient grinds 
his teeth : and there is frequent spasmodic contraction about the 
nostrils; the animal rarely lies down, or, if he does, almost im¬ 
mediately rises again. The eyes soon afterwards begin to become 
dim ; the pulse is smaller and feeble ; the respiration quicker; the 
flanks tucked up ; the tenderness on the loins subsides, and the 
faeces are liquid and black. The animal moans and lows, and 
grinds his teeth almost incessantly ; the head is agitated by a 
convulsive motion ; blood begins to mingle with the faeces; there 
is weakness and staggering ; offensive breath; nauseous perspi¬ 
ration. Tumours and boils now break out in various parts: if 
they break, and there is considerable suppuration, the animal 
usually recovers, although sloughing comes on, extensive and 
fetid beyond that which could be thought possible ; if they 
decrease or disappear, he as certainly dies. 
Treatment. —Bleeding should be resorted to in the very early 
stage of the complaint, but not when debility has begun to ap¬ 
pear. Aperient medicine should be administered if the bowels 
are constipated; febrifuge medicines either alone, or combined 
with vegetable tonics; small doses of the chloride of lime inter¬ 
nally administered ; plenty of it applied on the animal and about 
it, and the most rigorous separation of the infected from the 
sound. 
I)i other Animals. —Sheep possess comparative immunity from 
this malignant epidemic. The rot carries off enough of them 
without any other scourge. Dogs have no disease of this cha¬ 
racter, except when distemper assumes a putrid type; and 
swine have rarely any disease that can properly be said to be 
malio'nant. 
Bronchitis in the Horse. 
We will pursue our course down the trachea to its bifurcation 
and termination in the bronchial passages; and there we often 
meet with inflammation either connected with, or the conse¬ 
quence of, other affections, and principally there, or almost strictly 
confined to the bronchial passages. We designate this inflam¬ 
mation by the name of bronchitis. It is a disease scarcely yet 
recognized among ns, although often coming before us ; it is fre¬ 
quently confounded with pneumonia, but it materially differs from 
it in its symptoms, and requires some peculiarity of treatment. 
