108 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



the public mind is to waver and fluctuate, and 

 how susceptible and open it is to new impres- 

 sions during fatal visitations and general cala- 

 mities ; nor can we feel the least surprise at 

 the uncertainty which has so long prevailed, 

 and still continues, as to the real causes of the 

 introduction of the bovine typhus in England. 



Let us therefore examine this question of 

 etiology, and try to discover what opinion 

 ought to prevail. 



It is important to establish at once two 

 material facts which seem to us indisputable : 



1st. That the contagious typhus in cattle 

 which is known to be permanent in the south- 

 east of Europe, actually existed there during 

 the month of June, 1865; 2nd, That some of 

 the horned cattle, fed and reared in that part 

 of Europe, were transported to England, after 

 having crossed through Russia from south to 

 north, in order to avoid passing through 

 Germany. 



As for the first of these facts, it is admitted 

 and received, as might easily be proved by re- 

 producing the speeches and addresses delivered 

 by the veterinary doctors at the Congress now 

 being held at Vienna, and at which were 



