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in various directions from its first locality, overleaping 

 all precautionary measures essayed for its arrest 

 and removal. The attempt to stay its progress by a 

 sanitary cordon, and the indiscriminate slaughter of 

 all animals tainted or suspected, though proper in 

 themselves in reasonable limits, failed, as all such 

 attempts have failed in regard to cholera and similar 

 diseases The English government have, however, 

 succeeded, in thus u stamping out" the disease for a 

 time at least. Such invasions are best subdued 

 when their true homeopathic treatment is under- 

 stood, and the preventive measures suggested by the 

 law of similia applied. That this will be the ex- 

 perience in regard to this new enemy we do not 

 hesitate to affirm. According to all experience it 

 will prevail more or less extensively in this country, 

 and hence it is well to be acquainted with its symp- 

 toms and treatment. 



Homeopathy has been very successful in subdu- 

 ing this disease, and we are assured, from repeated 

 trials, that all animals may be saved that are treated 

 in the earlier stages, and even a fair proportion of 

 the extreme cases. 



CAUSES The causes of such forms of dis- 

 ease are involved in obscurity, but it is weF 

 known that certain circumstances strongly pre 

 dispose to its development. These are : low, damp, 

 badly ventilated, ill-drained stables ; swampy, 

 damp, boggy districts, in which there is a great 

 decomposition of vegetable matter. It usually pre- 



