44 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



" That nothing may be omitted which in 

 any shape can contribute to the success of 

 inoculation, due attention should be paid 

 to the constitution and state of the beast, 

 no less in this practice on the cattle than 

 on the human species. Undoubtedly the 

 young, healthy, and strong bid fairer for a 

 good issue than the old, sickly, and feeble; 

 each of these different constitutions demand a 

 particular treatment, even in the method of 

 preparation ; and however trifling it may seem 

 to many the urging a necessity of prepara- 

 tion I will venture to affirm that I have seen 

 excellent effects arising from a rational prepa- 

 ration, and fatal events from want of prepara- 

 tion. I have likewise been witness of unfa- 

 vourable turns, merely from an injudicious 

 preparation. 



" The beasts which are sanguine require 

 moderate bleeding; those that have but a 

 small share of blood must have none drawn. 

 The strong must, besides moderate bleeding 

 and purging, be kept on light diet, and their 

 body kept open'. Thus, scalded bran, mixed 

 with their hay and chaff, will cool them. The 

 weakly, and such as are inclined to scour, must 



