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duration, and the animal again became lively, as if nothing 
had happened; the shivering ceased, the eyes became clear, 
the pulse, however, remained the same, but the animal began 
to eat. This was about three o'clock p.m.; at seven the 
same symptoms reappeared; the respiration became oppressed 
beyond measure, and death seemed immediate, which, in fact, 
took place ten minutes after the third attack. Some others 
were attacked, and died in the same manner, presenting the 
same symptoms as those which had disappeared from the 
flock before the arrival of the author. These observations 
enlightened him on the nature of the disease, inasmuch as he 
had occasion almost daily to observe a similar affection in 
the ox (typhoid fever); he therefore prescribed a course of treat¬ 
ment, without losing time to inquire into the cause of the 
disease, which in the case of the ox had always escaped his 
investigation. The treatment recommended was to bleed co¬ 
piously on the first symptoms of the invasion of the malady, to 
apply strong revulsives to the chest, internally to administer 
quinine and the acetate of ammonia in wine; the swelling 
caused by the revulsives to be freely scarified; the animal to 
be kept on severe, restricted diet. By these means, when taken 
in the beginning of the attack, the patients generally 
recovered. 
The causes of this fatal malady are to be attributed, first, to 
the defective construction of the sheepfolds, bad ventilation, 
accumulation of dung, and the congregation of too many 
animals in small spaces; to these may be added, sending the 
flocks to pasture during the heat of the summer in the marshy 
plains before the sun has risen sufficiently high to disperse 
the products of decomposed organic matter, w hich, becoming 
absorbed by the lungs, vitiate the blood, and thereby deter¬ 
mine a miasmatic intoxication. 
Annales Veterinaires , September, 1861. 
OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, 
&c., 1861 . 
By M. Guilmot, Med. Vet. du Gouvernement, &c. 
Catarrhal bronchitis prevailed in some stables, and 
nearly all the horses w T ere attacked, the operations of the 
field being suspended in consequence. The symptoms w r ere— 
difficult respiration, frequent and painful cough; in some 
there was a total loss of appetite, while others still fed; a 
