64 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



temper as this typhus had fixed itself per- 

 manently in Russia, and that it was causing 

 incalculable losses to the lordly proprietors of 

 the steppes, as well as to the government, 

 roused them at last from their indifference. 

 Then, indeed, they urged the veterinary doctors 

 to adopt some energetic means to arrest the 

 long duration of the scourge, and we must ad- 

 mit to their honour, that various experiments 

 which were tried for the purpose of prevent- 

 ing the evil, have been crowned with complete 

 success. Any one may ascertain the fact by 

 referring to the Journal Magazin of Berlin, in 

 which the learned Professor Jessen of Dorpat 

 has explained the results of these important 

 experiments. 



The Russian veterinarians having observed 

 that the oxen which had been cured of the 

 typhus could mingle with impunity with the 

 infected herds, conceived the idea of com- 

 municating the complaint to sound cattle by 

 means of inoculation, and thereby to shield 

 them from the contagion. 



The first experiments in the inoculation of 

 TcJtouma or cattle typhus, were made in the 

 year 1853, by order of the government, in 



