The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-13
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in Honle CaseB it has been shortened tc
twenty.iour hours, and in others prolonged
10 ten or twelve days.
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The symphonic Of The .diseaae may be
conveniently divided into three stages,
lst, The period o! invasion; End, Of erup.
tiop, 3rd, Of desiccation anu conyuIescence,
First, Ihrasion.-At the b tginning OF the
attack there is a considerable rise Of TEN.
perAlure, which III Il or TWO days reaches
l0S' and occasionally l040 or sven l07o,
and which remains with but little modi.
hcat!on until the end ofihe eruptive Stage,
This is accompanied or soon followed BY
dullness, lotB of appetite and shiyeriug;
the muZzle becomes warm and dry; the
eye watery; the mouth hot and inilamed
and tender 10 the touch; a yiscid, ropy mu'
Gus flows from the lips; there is grinding
OF the teeth, accompanied with q smackinp
or clicking sound; The breath is fetid; ru,
mlnallon ceasts; the taking and swallow.
ing Of food is painful. Usually when the
feet begin to BIZ affected the animal stands
uneasliy, draws the limbs together, lifts the
leet with 9 sudden jerk, paws, arches tn,
back and Is reluctant 10 move about. Tine
coroneis are hot and tender; the bowelt
constiEa,ec; and, ii it be q mich COW, the
secretion OF milk is very much diminished
or altogether suppressed. The udder, When
It is involved, becomeB red and tense, ant
the tea,s swollen and painful. This stays
usually lasts from tTenty.iour to forty,
eight hou1e, when it is followed BY the
stage Of eruption.
Second, Euptim.-As s,en in the mouth
the eruption consists Of white or yellowish
white blisters varying in sizs from a grain
ol millet 10 Il pea Or small nut. These are
scattered over The lining membrane, par
ucularly on tho upper lip, gums, sides O.
the tongue and palate. Sometimes they
are diecrete, or scattered, or they may be
contlaent, or collected together ia the form
OF irregular patches. Gu the udder they
are surrounded by pa!e red circles, and
when coIiluent are very irregular, ant
variable i'll humber, the teais are mos!
usually their seat, and it is rot unusual tc
fluid item grouped around their oritces
Un tho feet, heat, redness, and swelling O
the Coronct fist appear, especially towards
the heel, and III the space between the toes,
followed in one Or two days by v~eaicles a
the points named. AT first these are small
but they e%nlarge-until they attain the SIX
of a bepn or small nut. Sometimes the
akin at the base OF the horns becomes in.
famed ut the same time, and ~vesicles otter
appear in the region OF the anus, in the
nostrtts and eyes.
II undis,urbed, these v~esiclcs rupture
spontaneously in from n to three days
hut in the mouth they only remain for 8
shor. time, being Ihp.ured by the move.
ments Of the tongue. When the yesicles
rupture, there remains at the sight OF each
a br!ght.red, smooth or granulating ulcer
which soon becomes covered with a puru.
lent e~xudatiop; this soon begins to dry,
forming a protecting crust over tho surface
OF tho ulcer. The fever by this time hal
to a great extent subsidized, but there Ii
considerable thirst remaining, and there Is
alec inability to take solid or dry food or
account OF the tenderness OF the mouth
and the animal rapidly loses flesh.
Third, lsiccatton.- fte stage Of desicca,
ton and cenvaleecence now begins. The
surfaces OF the ulcers begin 10 dry, ant
crus,s arc gradually formed under which
tho ;ulcers slowly heal. Az soon as ths
healing process is completed, the crustl
drop of leaving the newly formed mem
brane delicate and Of n lead color. During
this period the symphonic gradually dis
appear, tho appetite returns, and thu
animal finally RECEIVERS. The dura
ton Of this stage varies with the extern
and depth Of the liberation, and lasts from
four or FIVE days to two weeks.
The symphonic in other animals do no
differ materially from the above descrip
ton. Iu sheep and goats i. is stated Elem
iing) that "the eruption Is more frequent OF
the extremi,ies than in the mouth bu
that ''the formation Of ~vesicles is not yer,
common" More frequently the ski
around md b,tSeen tDe toes is awollel
a1d 70 land from its sur AGA a fluid e1ude;
which dries and forms ctusts.
EFFECT ON DIFFERENT ANIMALS.
In swine the eruption in the mouth /
rsre, the mont usual seat being the feet.
Iu fowls tho vesicles are found prime
pally around the nasal openings and upo
the crest.
One attack Of this disease affords no pre
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