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beoming offensive, ttimora break out on the skin, the eyes are full of thick mu- 

 cus or matter, the lungs are stopped up, and tbe animal declines rapidly. This 

 is the fourth and last stage of the symptoms. 



It is very obvious that when the atoms of poison have become so multiplied 

 during the first division of these symptoms, they cannot be destroyed in the 

 system, no more than they can in human small-pox or measles. They must be 

 brought out of the blood upon the outward or inward surfaces. The remedies 

 to be applied must aid their expulsion and sustain the system during the time 

 they are being cast out. 



2. Remedies. — As yet no remedy has been found su^cient to sustain the sys- 

 tem in this conflict with the disease. Science has lent all its efforts, but as yet 

 in vain. Practical skill has not been more successful, and experiment has not 

 been fortunate enough to light upon an effectual remedy. Some remedies have, 

 for a time, apparently, been of some utility, but further trial demonstrated their 

 insufficiency. The homoeopathic treatment in Holland, and the vaccination 

 in Great Britain, gave some hopes, only to end in disappointment. The follow- 

 ing letter, just received from England, refers to another remedy, but its final 

 success remains to be determined : 



" Consulate of the United States of America, 



''Bristol, February 14, 1866. 

 "Sir: a reputed cure for the cattle plague has just been announced in this 

 country, which I append with certain comments and remarks. 

 " E,espeetfully, yours, 



J. EASTMAN. 

 " Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner.''^ 



The following are the references to the cure sent by our consul: 

 "Lord Leigh professes to have found a cure for the cattle plague. He says 

 that on Friday week the rinderpest broke out on his farm with great violence, 

 and he destroyed 22 valuable animals in the hope of stamping it out. He hap- 

 pened to see, however, a paragraph in the Times stating that Mr. Worms had 

 been successful in treating the disease, and he sent for that gentleman to the 

 Lodge, Egham, Surrey, asking him to come and try his system. Mr. Worms 

 did come, and selected 24 cattle which were infected for treatment, some in the 

 first stage, some further gone, and one so far gone that it had been ordered to 

 be destroyed. The medicine was administered to them by Mr. Worms, and in 

 24 hours they were all well and taking their food as usual." 



The following is a case of a later date : 



" Some firrther evidence of the efficacy of ]\Ir. Worms's treatment of the cattle 

 plague, which proved so successful upon Lord Leigh's herd, is furnished in 

 yesterday's London papers. It appears that the same treatment has since been 

 tried upon some infected animals in the herd of Baron Rotlischild, at Mentmore. 

 In one case the animal had exhibited all the symptoms of the disease for upwards 

 of 48 hours, and Mr. Worms, when he arrived, pronounced it hopeless. How- 

 ever, he administered his specific ; and we are assured that, although the animal 

 may die from exhaustion, the disease appears to have been concjuered. In two 

 other instances the treatment was quite successful, and the animals are believed 

 to be out of danger." 



The cure itself, and the mode of administering it, are as follows : 



"We are informed that Lord Leigh's herd of cattle, which was a short time 



