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slaughter of infected cattle does not answer the intention of 
the government, inasmuch as the indemnity is too small, it 
being more the interest of the owners not to give notice in 
cases where their cattle are attacked by pleuro-pneumonia; 
they consequently give the preference to the butcher, who 
offers a higher price for the diseased animals than the indem¬ 
nity fixed by the government. 
WEST FLANDERS. 
The diseases during the quarter here were glanders and 
farcy, 22 cases, out of which 5 were cured ; pleuro-pneu¬ 
monia, 100 cases, out of which 41 cases were cured. 
Among the above cases of glanders, MM. Demeester, 
at Messines, and Loontjers, at Ingelmunster, report two 
cases of glanders cured by the administration of phosphorated 
oil; dose, 20 minims per diem. 
ENZOOTIC PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA. 
M. Demeester describes under this title a disease in 
cattle which at times causes severe losses to the cultivators 
of the land. The symptoms are—staring coat, eyes dull, the 
nose dry, the mucous membranes slightly injected, respira¬ 
tion short and accelerated. When the malady is of a few 
days’ duration, the ribs become a little elevated, which denotes 
a dilatation of the chest and distension of the lungs. At 
the beginning, auscultation detects increased souffle , after¬ 
wards crepitation, with a slight whistle in some parts. Per¬ 
cussion gives a more sonorous sound than usual. There is 
a dry, hacking cough, and w T hen the attack is more severe, 
the respiration becomes difficult and painful. Contrary to 
what takes place in pleuro-pneumonia, the patient is insen¬ 
sible to the pressure on the back. There is little loss of 
appetite, except when the attack is fatal. The evacuations 
are dry and hard, yet the pulse is but little altered. Though 
very different from pleuro-pneumonia, this disease often pre¬ 
sents the character of that malady. M. Demeester thinks 
that this disease is contagious. This opinion principally 
rests on the fact that it is in general communicated to all 
the beasts in the same stable, but this rather proves that 
the causes which produce this affection are very intense, and 
that all the animals exposed to their influence become affected. 
This malady attacks, in preference, the young stock that 
are left night and day in the meadows during the autumn, 
when the days are warm and the nights cold. The grass 
is also then less nutritious, hence a general relaxation of the 
tissues ensues. 
