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drinks mechanically, ceases to ruminate, experiences difficulty in 
locomotion, and the back is arched. She grinds her teeth, some¬ 
times utters plaintive bellows, the belly becomes much distended 
and signs of colic are frequent. She paws the ground, lashes her 
tail, stretches her neck and limbs, frequently looks at her side, 
remains immobile in the standing position, or lies as much as pos¬ 
sible on her side, and when disturbed she rises with great diffi¬ 
culty. The look is fixed, sad and anxious. The hair is bristled 
and the hide bound. The maminre are collapsed and have a pale 
yellow color. The respiration is short, quick and stertorous. 
The fceces aro dry, balled, and not abundant, and their evacuation 
is accompanied with straining. The cow makes frequent attempts 
at urination, the urine coming away in small quantities, yellow in 
color and odorous. In all cases the serous effusion is very 
abundant, and distends the abdomen enormously in some cases. 
This symptom was probably exaggerated in my experience from 
the close proximity of water to the cows, and the liberality with 
which they partook of it. I, unfortunately, was unable to take 
the pulse and temperatures of the cows in this condition, for it 
would have necessitated a hard fight with desperate animals to 
have accomplished it. Gourdon, in speaking of these symptoms, 
says the ears, drooping, are alternately hot and cold. The body 
is hot, and the extremities icy. The pulse is sometimes hard, 
small and wiry, or at other times is full, unequal and quick. 
When the evil aggravates itself, the pulse becomes more irregular, 
intermittent and insensible. I inferred a high temperature from 
the sunken, feverish aspect of the eyes, but was unable to procure 
any thermometrical calculations. Just prior to death the eyes 
are dull, face is shrivelled, mouth dry, sadness augments, groans 
sometimes are uttered, and delirium sets in, the animal dying in 
great agony. 
During the course of the above symptoms, the animals on 
which I operated sought the sun as much as possible. During 
the heat of the day they lay around on the hot, dry sand beds, 
that spread off from one side of the island, at night seeking such 
seclusion as they might find amongst the small timber on the 
island. 
