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THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN CYPRUS. 
We have received a copy of the Cyprus of March 1st, in the 
supplement of which we find the following interesting letter 
from Dr. Heidenstam, Chief Inspector of Cattle Disease, on the 
malady which is now proving so destructive to the cattle of the 
island. Our readers will be glad of official information on this 
subject, more especially as Dr. Heidenstam deals with the patho¬ 
logy of the disease. 
To the Editor of Cyprus . 
Sir, —Having noticed that the extract from my report point¬ 
ing out the principal symptoms of the prevalent disease among 
the cattle in the island, which you were good enough to publish 
in your issue of December 15th, has* received attention from 
most persons interested in this important subject; and having, 
since the date of that report, had occasion to make a more com¬ 
plete study of the malady, I shall feel indebted to you if you can 
find space for the following statement, which comprises a more 
precise account of the disease, and which shows the result of the 
post-mortem examinations which I have made on the carcases of 
several of the dead animals. 
Symptoms of the Disease ,—The animals which I have seen 
suffering from the prevalent disease are not all attacked in 
exactly the same way, and this I attribute to the fact of the 
affection being slight or violent as the case may be; but the 
diagnostic signs are invariably the same. 
The period of incubation varies from five to eight days, and 
one of the first apparent symptoms is a loss of appetite. This is 
accompanied by an increased rapidity in respiration, which 
reaches as much as 74, while the temperature of the body 
attains 108*6°, and the pulsation 128. The animal seems 
uneasy; it stretches out its neck as if seeking for breath; its ears 
hang downwards, and in some instances it is deaf; the head and 
breath are hot, the ears and limbs quite cold. 
A running of a watery nature commences about the second 
day from the eyes and nose, changing in the latter period of the 
disease to a purulent secretion. I should, however, mention 
that I have known of cattle having a running at the eyes and 
nose, which it was stated were attacked with cattle plague, while 
it was afterwards proved that they were merely suffering from 
catarrh. 
On the tongue and on the inside of the lips there is an epithe¬ 
lial deposit of a yellowish colour, which has a peculiar fetid 
