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which, as the disease progressed, continually dropped from 
the mouth; intense thirst; respiration accelerated and 
laboured; slight cough, and tenderness on pressure to the 
throat; pulse quick, and very feeble ; faeces hard, and coated 
with pale-coloured mucus; urine scanty and high-coloured, 
with flinching, on pressure being applied to the spine ; occa¬ 
sional trembling of some part or other of the frame, generally 
at first one of the limbs; pupils much dilated, with loss of 
the impression of the stimulus of light; temperature of the 
extremities variable ; patches of cold perspiration upon the 
body ; mouth clean, and bowels costive. These symptoms 
continued from a few hours to four or five days, before the 
animal became prostrated, after which he seldom lived more 
than from twelve to thirty-six hours. 
Post-mortem examination. —The muscles had the 
appearance of having been parboiled. 
The stomach. —The cuticular coat appeared normal, but 
the villous was highly inflamed, and covered with a great 
quantity of mucus. 
Intestines. —The duodenum was highly inflamed, and also 
the jejunum in patches. The ileum, anterior part, was of a 
normal colour, but containing a large quantity of fluid and 
mucus. The posterior part was very much thickened, con¬ 
tracted, and highly inflamed. 
The caecum was full of straw-coloured fluid; its mucous 
coat was thickened, highly inflamed, and easily detached. 
In some instances this intestine was found to be quite 
empty, and contracted to one fourth its usual size. 
The colon was full of dry, undigested food; its coats were 
contracted, much thickened, and easily separated. 
The rectum thickened and inflamed. 
Spleen. —Normal. 
Liver. —Enlarged and congested. 
Kidneys. —Cortical structure, pale and soft. Medullary 
structure, soft and easily lacerated. 
Bladder. —Distended with high-coloured urine, having a 
very offensive smell ; coats slightly congested. 
Tongue. —The upper surface was covered by a thick fur 
and scales of epithelial cells. The mucous follicles w ere also 
enlarged, and very dark in colour. 
The pharynx and oesophagus were highly inflamed in 
patches. 
Larynx. —The lining membrane was much inflamed and of 
a black colour. 
The trachea contained a quantity of frothy mucus, and 
the lining membrane was highly inflamed. 
