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was great difficulty experienced in properly syringing the nasal 
cavities. From this time the malady continued to gain ground, 
the growths developing so rapidly as almost to fill the nostrils. 
The animal was greatly distressed in breathing, throwing \ip its 
nose, and snorting and roaring in its efforts to respire. It was 
destroyed. Neither mouth nor tongue was involved in this case. 
A few weeks after the heifer became affected, the farmer re¬ 
quested Mr. James to see a steer as quickly as possible, as it had 
the same disease, and he was afraid his other stock would be in¬ 
volved, particularly the milch cows, in the “distemper.” On 
examination, Mr. James discovered the roof of the mouth to be 
the seat of the malady, the greater part of it being “ abraded.” 
The nose did not appear to be implicated then, nor for some time 
afterwards. The disease yielded to treatment, and rapid progress 
was made towards recovery. 'But soon it attacked the upper lip 
and nose, precisely as in the other case, though not so seriously. 
This animal was killed at the same time as the heifer, the owner 
being afraid his cows would catch it. 
These animals, with several more, had been sent away from 
the home farm to graze on some poor undrained land. The 
specimens, when they arrived in London, were found to have 
been much mutilated by the butcher. The nasal bones had been 
removed from one head, and only the superior maxilla, pre¬ 
maxilla, turbinated, ethmoid, and palatine bones remained. The 
mucous membrane lining the nasal fossae and covering the turbi¬ 
nated bones, was studded by various-sized, light-yellow, isolated 
little masses, like warts or small raspberries in outline. During 
life these nodular-looking bodies must have greatly obstructed the 
breathing. The only portions of the other head sent for inspec¬ 
tion were the nose and the upper lip. The latter was much 
thickened and indurated, and small shot-like masses could be felt 
through the mucous membrane lining it. 
The tongue specimen was from a two-year old steer. The 
anterior part of the organ, to an extent of five or six inches, was 
extremely indurated, and numbers of the yellow nodules, small 
in size, were scattered through the submucous and muscular tis¬ 
sues. This case was a very mild one of the disease. 
