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contagious distemper be in the neighbourhood 

 of a herd, or break out so as to endanger the 

 stock, the grazier or farmer may, by inoculating 

 his cattle, with proper precautions, at least 

 secure his stock, since he can house them before 

 they fall sick, prepare them, and have due care 

 taken, knowing the course of the distemper. 



"Sir William St. Quintin, the Eev. Dr. 

 Fountayne, Dean of York, and other gentle- 

 men have succeeded in inoculation : in Hol- 

 land it has both failed and succeeded. These 

 gentlemen all inoculated with matter taken 

 from the running of the mouth, nose, or eyes.. 

 Professor Swenke mentions that the beast 

 from which he took the matter was recovering 

 from the distemper. A circumstance to be at- 

 tended to is this : had matter been taken after 

 the crisis, from a tumour, boil, pimple, or scab, 

 either on the back near the spine, or on the 

 legs, the pus would have proved much more 

 elaborated, subtle, and infecting than that 

 which, flowing with the mucus of the nose, 

 must necessarily be, in some degree, sheathed 

 by this glutinous excretion, though I am well 

 aware how putrid and acrid it is rendered by 

 the disease. 



