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bloody fluid ruins out from the nostrils. These are not common. 
There may be either slight diarrhoea or constipation, and 
blood, in small quantities, sometimes oozes from the bowels with 
the natural discharges. The subjects soon become very weak, 
have a reeling or staggering gait, particularly noticeable when 
pushed sideways on the hip; the form of staggering suggests to 
the mind the unsteadiness of alcoholism, or the “ drunkard’s 
reelmore or less slobbering sometimes occurs at the mouth ; 
stupidity becomes extreme; weakness soon becomes such, in 
many instances, as to force the animals to lie for comparatively 
long hours, and then they seldom can rise without strenuous ef¬ 
forts, if, indeed, they can rise at all. 
During the increase of these symptoms the patients may be 
seen to pass highly-colored urine, which gradually becomes 
darker, and finally assumes the hue of coffee, with a thicker con¬ 
sistency. Death may occur in thirty-six hours or several days 
after the appearance of the first dumpishness. In the majority 
of outbreaks the disease has had a duration of two to three days, 
in my experience, but some live five or six days. Ten to fifteen 
per cent, recover, and a very few die from the effects of a re¬ 
lapse occurring after one or two weeks of convalescence. 
In opening the body the blood will be found black and fluid, 
not coagulated and solid in the veins or arteries. The inside of 
the heart (endocardium) may present irregularly-shaped dark- 
colored patches or stains, not elevated sores; the lungs (lights) 
occasionally may be found congested— i. e ., impregnated and 
darkened with blood ; this is not common, however. The liver 
may be congested also, and enlarged, but does not appear so dark. 
The lesions in these organs may be overlooked by those unac¬ 
quainted with anatomy and pathology; but here are lesions that 
anybody can detect, and they are constant and characteristic of 
splenic fever : The spleen (melt) is increased in size, darkened 
and softened. All these conditions of this organ may be more or 
less marked, however. Sometimes the inside of the covering — 
the capsule—-is so softened that the substance can be pressed from 
one extremity to the other, as one could press jelly from one end 
to the other in a closed sa<*k- At other times, of course, it is 
