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CATTLE DISEASE IN CHINA. 
Pulse 70, bowels constipated. Drs. Jamieson and Little 
visited him with me. 
44 July 12th.—The disease is still progressing in the case 
of the animal just referred to. Constipation is now ex¬ 
changed for diarrhoea; the motions, when I visited him, were 
profuse, very watery and dysenteric. The Chinese owners 
say he is getting better as he is now able to feed, the truth 
being that the animal is only sucking the water out of a liquid 
mash which they have given him. 
44 July 14th.—The bullock died on the night of the 13th. 
Tost-mortem examination , at which Drs. Jamieson and 
Little were present. The lesions were characteristic and 
confined to the mucous surfaces. The lungs and pleurae were 
healthy. 
44 July 16th.—Shown to me by Mr. Keele, the larynx, trachea 
and a portion of the bowel taken from a bullock slaughtered 
at Passinkew. Tracheal mucous lining much congested, 
purple and pink discoloration. Laryngeal lining livid. Pur¬ 
plish discoloration of mucous membrane of bowel. Situation 
of intestinal glands indicated here and there by raised points 
of congested membrane. Here and there dark coloured 
particles adhering to the surface of the membrane, apparently 
the expelled contents of the solitary glands. 1 advised Mr. 
Keele to seize the carcase from which these specimens were 
taken, and the case, in consequence of this seizure, was 
brought before the Supreme Court. The owner of the bul¬ 
lock pleaded that the beef was illegally confiscated, being 
sound and in good condition, he and his friends affirming, 
after the usual caution, that the animal was in perfect health 
when slaughtered. I stated that in my opinion the animal 
was suffering from rinderpest when slaughtered, that it was 
scarcely possible for the cattle dealer to have overlooked the 
fact of its being unwell, and that the beef taken from the car¬ 
case was quite unfit for human consumption. 
44 July 18th.—Visited the cattle shed in the Hupeh Road 
with Dr. Mackenzie (P. M. S. S. New York). The black 
bull, the companion of the one which died on the night of the 
13th instant, is now showing marked signs of the disease. 
He was lying down when we visited him, and appeared very 
dull and listless. Breathing laboured. Profuse watery muco¬ 
purulent discharge from the nostrils, and a scanty watery 
discharge from the eyes. Had been purging a good deal. 
44 July 19th.— Post-mortem examination of the black bull 
some six hours after death. Drs. Jamieson and Mackenzie 
present. Appearances on the mucous surfaces characteristic 
as in the other cases. The diphtheritic or croupous exudation 
