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been thereby gained by the latter. Our authors accurate de¬ 
scription of this rather uncommon disease we recommend to 
the very attentive perusal and study of our readers : it is the 
following:— 
“ Simple Scarlatina .—This form of the disease usually ap¬ 
pears in association with epidemic catarrh; it seldom, or 
perhaps never, manifests itself simultaneously with epidemic 
catarrh, but usually on the third, fourth, and even as late as 
the sixth day after the commencement of the former. The 
animal affected with catarrh will, perhaps, be fed and left at 
the usual hour at night in what may be considered a fair 
way of recovery, but when the attendant enters the stable on 
the morning following, the patient may be found affected in 
a very peculiar manner; the hair about the neck, the fore 
and hind limbs, will be elevated in blotches, while the limbs 
themselves will be found in a swollen condition. The 
blotchy elevations, generally speaking, are not large, but 
they are exceedingly characteristic of the malady. If the 
hand be passed lightly over them, scarcely any corresponding 
elevations can be felt upon the skin beneath. The mucous 
membrane of the nose will have upon it a few scarlet spots 
of variable size; the pulse, in some instances, will be in¬ 
creased in action considerably, while in others, even when 
the disease appears more severe, not so much. If the epi¬ 
demic catarrh, or the disease under which the patient labours, 
be attended with soreness of the throat, the soreness of the 
throat may become greatly increased, or it may not. Some¬ 
times the blotchy elevations are confined to the hind limbs, 
and the scarlet spots to the membrane of one nostril, while 
in other cases all these symptoms are present, but in such a 
very mild degree as not to excite the attention of any one 
but a closely-observing practitioner. If at this stage of the 
disease the animal be judiciously treated, and the stable be 
dry and comfortable, the whole may pass off in a few days 
without any further mischief ensuing; but if the treatment 
be improper, the stable cold and damp, and the animal 
otherwise unfavorably circumstanced, it is probable that 
the disease will become more virulent, and either assume 
the malignant form , or pass into what is called “ Purpura 
Haemorrhagica,” and the life of the animal, in either state, 
become greatly endangered. 
i( Malignant Scarlatina .—This form of the disease may 
appear either at once in all its virulence, or it may follow 
upon the milder states above described. The patient for 
