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stage of the disease; a muco-purulent, in some cases blood¬ 
stained, discharge from the nostrils; a watery discharge from 
the eyes and mouth; in a few a restlessness indicating pain, 
probably abdominal. In effect, I then observed all the prin¬ 
cipal symptoms which distinguish that particular form of 
murrain commonly denominated rinderpest, and indeed only 
required the evidence furnished by the bodies after death to 
render the diagnosis complete. This evidence was not imme¬ 
diately forthcoming, however, for, although 3 of the 15 ani¬ 
mals visited by me on the morning of the 26th were dead by 
the afternoon of the same day, the hurried and incomplete 
post-mortem examinations which I then witnessed, in which 
the lungs and intestines were alone examined, left me still 
undecided as to the exact nature of the disease. Two of the 
three seemed to have died without a struggle, their attitudes 
indicating natural sleep rather than death; in the third the 
limbs appeared to have been slightly convulsed. One, a cow, 
was within a few weeks of calving; she had not miscarried. 
The lungs and pleurae were free from inflammation in all three. 
1 noted, when the abdominal cavity was opened, an appear¬ 
ance as of commencing peritonitis. There were marked 
congestion of the mucous lining of the intestines, and a viscid 
muco-purulent secretion adherent to its surface, with blood 
extravasations in the submucous tissue. I observed also 
superficial ulceration in the neighbourhood of some of the 
solitary glands, the situation of which was indicated by 
a congested circle of mucous membrane—a raised blue or 
purple spot. 
During the week which followed I had ample opportunities 
for extending and verifying my observations. Of the post¬ 
mortem examinations made among Mr. Keele’s cattle, at 
which I assisted, I select one as a fair example of many. I 
quote almost verbatim from the original record : 
“ An Australian milch cow, marked No. 22 in Table. First 
refused to feed on Friday, March 29th; died on Wednesday, 
April 3rd, the fifth day. Secretion of milk markedly dimi¬ 
nished from the first. Before her seizure she yielded some 
twelve bottles a day, but on Monday, the third day of her 
illness, only three quarters of a bottle could be obtained, and 
that with difficulty. Mr. Keele tells me that there has been 
no discharge from the nostrils. (See below.)* 
6< Examination of carcase 4 hours after death.—Post mortem 
rigidity well marked, position indicating some degree of con¬ 
vulsive struggle in death. Cavity of nostrils filled with a 
* In all the cases seen after this date discharge from the eyes and nose was 
a marked symptom. 
