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obtain an accurate view of the disease the foot should be well 
pared, and this operation may be greatly facilitated by the appli¬ 
cation of poultices for twenty-four or forty-eight hours pre¬ 
viously. 
It is only by the objective examination and the pathological 
anatomy, so to speak, of the corn that the moist or suppurative 
variety can be distinguished from the dry ; and we shall find 
either a simple ecchymotic spot, or a complete disintegration of 
tissues. 
{To be continued .) 
RESUMED STUDY IN ANTHRAX. 
CONSIDERED FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SANITARY POLICE. 
By Prof. Dessart. 
(Continued from page 234.) 
D. —Anthrax of Swine. 
{a) Without external localizations—Apoplectic Anthrax *— 
Sudden deaths of swine, attributed to apoplectic anthrax, are 
quite common in our country f- 
The disease is recognized at post-mortem investigations. The 
affection lasts, however, but a short time—two or three hours— 
and exhibits symptoms analagous to those which accompany car- 
buncular typhus of cattle and sang de rate of sheep. The subject 
becomes stupefied, and soon experiences great prostration. Its 
walk is staggering, and has general tremblings and bloody vomit¬ 
ings. The peripheric temperature is sensibly lowered, especially 
that of the extremities, and then follow grinding of the teeth, 
convulsions and death. 
(b) Anthrax with external manifestations—Gangrenous Ery¬ 
sipelas. —The symptoms are about the same as those of the pre¬ 
ceding form, in the cases where the disease does not too rapidly 
prove fatal. The evolution of the symptoms is always, however, 
(*). Carbuncular Apoplexy of Roll, 
(f). Belgium. 
