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this is the case it commonly happens that the disease is communi- 

 cated to the cows, and from the cows to the dairy maids, which 

 spreads through the farm, until most of the cattle and domestics 

 feel its unpleasant consequences. This disease has obtained the 

 name of the cow-pox. It appears on the nipples of the cows, in 

 the form of irregular pustules. At their first appearance, they 

 are commonly of a palish blue, or rather of a color somewhat 

 approaching to livid, and are surrounded by an erysipelatous 

 inflammation. These pustules, unless a timely remedy be applied, 

 frequently degenerate into phagedenic ulcers, which prove ex- 

 tremely troublesome. The animal becomes indisposed, and the 

 secretion of milk is much lessened." 



Another kind of eruption is sometimes apparent on the udder 

 of the cow, which has some resemblance to the cow-pox, and 

 may be easily mistaken for it. It consists of a number of white 

 blisters on the nipples, and these blisters are filled with a whitish 

 serous fluid. They are to be distinguished from the pustules 

 that take place in the cow-pox, by their not having the bluish 

 color of the latter, and by their never eating into the fleshy parts, 

 being confined to the skin, and ending in scabs. This eruption 

 is also considered infectious, though not in so high a degree as 

 the real cow-pox. 



Dr. Jenner conceives that this spurious eruption is chiefly pro- 

 duced by the transition which is made by the cow in the spring, 

 from a poor diet to one that is more nourishing, by which the 

 udder, at this season, becomes more than usually vascular for the 

 supply of milk. There is, however, another species of inflam- 

 mation and pustules, which is not uncommon amongst the dairy 

 counties of the west of England. A cow intended to be offered 

 for sale, and possessing naturally only a small udder, is neither 

 milked by the milker, nor is her calf suffered to have access to 

 her for a day or two previous; thus the milk is preternaturally 

 accumulated; and the udder and nipples becoming greatly ex- 

 tended, inflammation and pustular eruption frequently ensue. 



THE SHOOTE. 



This is a most fatal disease to calves, which it in general 

 attacks a few days after their birth. The usual symptoms are 

 at first, a colic that is more or less violent, and is frequently very 

 dangerous and severe, but more especially when it is contagious. 

 The calf is relieved by a discharge from the bowels taking place, 



