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Translations and Reviews of Continental 
Veterinary Journals. 
By W. Ernes, M.R.C.V.S., London. 
Journal des Veterinaires du Midi, Toulouse, Aug., 1861. 
TYPHOID EEVER IN SHEEP, &c. 
In the month of July the author was summoned to attend 
a flock of sheep near Montgislard. From the information of 
the proprietor he learned that they had been attacked since 
the previous evening by a most fatal malady, which killed 
them without distinction. He found the sheep in a meadow, 
under some elm trees—it being July and a tropical heat—the 
shepherd having determined not to confine them as usual in the 
close sheds during the night. The first animals he examined 
presented no dangerous symptoms, the respiration only being 
slightly increased, but this was explained by the high tem¬ 
perature. The author decided on making a post-mortem 
examination of some of those which had died, thinking that 
he had to deal with apoplexy of the spleen (sang de rate), but, 
to his astonishment, in three subjects he opened he found no 
sign of alteration, except in one which had died some hours 
previous to his arrival; in this the blood was more fluid, and 
of a darker colour than in the normal state. Returning to the 
flock, he could at first perceive nothing particular the matter 
with any of them, but at last he espied one which hung its 
head and set up its back, and seemed to suffer internally. On 
a more attentive examination he found the pulse quick and 
full, and the mucous membrane of the eye injected in places. 
This gave him but slender information on the state of the 
malady. On exploring the vertebral region, and passing his 
hand down to the hind quarters, a slight tumour was observed. 
This soon passed off. The animal mixed with the others, 
and seemed quite well again; it had had an attack which 
lasted only from seven to eight minutes. Three hours after 
the same individual had another attack presenting some of 
the above-mentioned symptoms only. The pulse, from quick 
and full, had become imperceptible; the mucous membrane 
of the eye presented purple spots; the shaking of the flank 
seemed to indicate insufficient power in the respiratory organs. 
These signs, though very apparent, like the former, were of short 
