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G. A. BANHAM. 
In exanthematous fevers, which are generally of an inflam¬ 
matory character, with the formation of papules, vesicles, or pus¬ 
tules on the skin, and less frequently on the mucous membranes, 
they take an acute course, and are frequently contagious (for in¬ 
stance, sheep-pox). At the commencement we always find an 
increased temperature, which, however, again decreases when the 
eruption appears on the skin. This is particularly the case in 
foot and mouth disease, in which Rueff, Stockflett, and especially 
Brusaseo found in the first stage a temperature of 41° to 42°; 
but after three or four days it considerably decreased, if inflam¬ 
mation of the feet did not follow. According to Brusaseo, an 
increased temperature is present before the disease is visible, so 
that we are enabled to detect the healthy from the diseased by 
this means. 
In variola ovina , Peters always found the temperature high, 
as a rule 42.6°, but with great fluctuations, the temperature only 
periodically attaining this degree. The temperature is highest at 
the commencement of the disease, decrease taking place as soon 
as the eruption shows itself, whilst a return of increased warmth 
is noticed in the suppurative stage. Death either occurs when the 
temperature is considerably below the normal standard, or when 
it quickly rises above 43.5° 
In rinderpest the temperature reaches 41° and 42°, and accord¬ 
ing to Gerlach, even to 43.2° ; the intensity of the disease being 
in relation to the temperature. It has been ascertained by An¬ 
derson, Gamgee, Gerlach, Pflug, Bouley, Chauveau and Weben- 
kel that an increased temperature can be observed a day or a day 
and a-half before the other symptoms. By experiments carried out 
in Dorpat, it was proved that an increase in the temperature took 
place 36 or 48 hours after inoculation. The rise in the period of 
incubation is from 1° to 2°; this may sometimes be valuable in 
daily practice. The temperature rises very quickly in rinderpest, 
the maximum being often attained the first day, at which point it 
remains for two or three days, after which it falls to little above 
normality : a slow rise from day to day is an unfavorable sign ?* 
and a sudden decrease foretokens the approach of death; adyna¬ 
mia, with collapse. In the course of this disease we often observe 
