82 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



Now that the reader possesses these general 

 notions of the Contagious Typhus, we shall be 

 able to speak to him in a language which he 

 will understand, and give a definition which 

 he will be able to judge and appreciate. 



The typhus of the ox, then, is a virulent, 

 contagious, febrile, and non-recurring disease, with 

 stupor and derangement of the nervous, respira- 

 tory, and digestive functions ; leaving various 

 changes in the respective organs of these func- 

 tions, and chiefly in the intestines. 



This new definition seems to us to be more 

 faithful and just than those hitherto given ; 

 and this, if needed, we could demonstrate. 



I do not disguise from myself that some of 

 the opinions expressed in these generalities 

 may, at first sight, appear strange and liable 

 to objection. Thus, it may be argued that 

 inoculation as a preventive treatment of 

 typhous maladies is far from being a general 

 law, applicable to every case ; since in Russia, 

 for instance, where this inoculation is practised 

 every day, it completely fails in certain foreign 

 herds, and they die of the consequences of the 

 operation ; and that this, therefore, might 

 happen in England. 



