48 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



and stupidity appear than the beasts must 

 have a light covering thrown over them, and 

 at night fastened loosely. They must be 

 rubbed morning and evening, and curried, 

 till the boils begin to rise; warm hay-water 

 and vinegar-whey must be given plentifully. 

 Should the beasts require more nourishment, 

 dry meat, such as cut hay, with a little bran, 

 may be offered. I should be very cautious 

 in giving milk-pottage, even after the boils and 

 pimples had all come out, for fear of bringing 

 on a scouring. However, this caution is 

 proper, that whenever milk-pottage be given, 

 the vinegar- whey is to be omitted for obvious 

 reasons. In cases of accident, the same atten- 

 tion is to be observed in the disease by inocu- 

 lation as in the natural way, and the medicines 

 recommended are the same I would use ; but 

 by inoculation there seldom is a call for any, 

 so favourably does the distemper proceed 

 through its several stages. 



" The crisis being over, it will be proper to 

 purge the cattle, to air them by degrees, and 

 to have the same regard in the management 

 of them as is laid down in the chapter on 

 the method of cure." 



