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Gr. ARCHIE STOCK WELL. 
palatable. Though not inclined to ruminate, none refused food 
wholly. Soon each began to rub its head against the fence or 
wall, and about the same time a discharge from the nose appeared, 
very like the first symptoms of a coryza or cold; the eyes were 
swollen, the ears drooped, the head hung down, and the body 
generally was drawn up with indications of acute suffering. In 
three or four days (occasionally not until the fifth or sixth) they 
pretty much refused food, and appeared to suffer with sore mouths 
and throats, so much so as to interfere with mastication and deg¬ 
lutition. Tn the meantime excessive thirst was apparent, though 
if allowed more than a pint of water at a time considerable dis¬ 
tress was manifested. 
An examination of those with confluent variola discovered 
spots on the skin varying in size from a half dime to a dollar, 
with an appearance like herpes circinatus , but without inflamma¬ 
tion ; but these contained no fluid, even though the sheep sur¬ 
vived to the ninth and tenth day. At this advanced stage of tile 
malady the nostrils poured forth copious mucous discharges, 
sometimes white, but more frequently tinged or streaked with 
yellow. 
The symptoms manifested by those with distinct variola were 
much the same as the foregoing at the outset, but less in degree . 
The third or fourth days the pocks could be distinguished as hard, 
prominent pustules, situate for the most part between the shoul¬ 
ders and breast, upon the udder, and on the tail. After a lapse 
of three or four days these pustules became flattened, and con¬ 
tained so small a quantity of fluid that it was seldom possible to 
secure more than a single drop where several might reasonably be 
expected; the pustules afterwards produced a dark scab, which 
lingered a number of days before separating, and wherever found 
upon the animal induced the fleece to fall. 
A few had the distinct form mildly, after three or four days 
would ruminate occasionally, and seemed to have exacerbations 
of the disease which were manifested by uneasy, restless move¬ 
ments, as if in pain. Several, while the disorder was in progress, 
and others after it appeared to have subsided, were taken with 
paralysis of the extremities; and lambs, more especially, were 
