116 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



fluence of very special conditions, the con- 

 tagious typhus of the ox might have its birth 

 in England ; and this would favour the theory 

 of those reasoners who maintain that this 

 typhus met with the first causes, and the 

 origin of its development, in the stalls and 

 cowsheds of London. But sucli has not heen 

 the cause of cattle typhus in the epizootia 

 which we see at present. 



No doubt some animals suffered great priva- 

 tions, but, whatever alteration their health may 

 have sustained, all this is nothing to be com- 

 pared to the sufferings endured by the cattle 

 in the steppes under the influence of dele- 

 terious conditions of the most exceptional 

 character, which do, indeed, give birth to 

 this typhus, and which we have already 

 described. 



No, certainly not ! Nothing authorizes us to 

 believe that the typhus now under our observation 

 was bred and born, at first, within the stalls and 

 coivsheds of London. It was most assuredly 

 imported. But it is true, nevertheless, that 

 this cruel scourge found the horned cattle of 

 England predisposed to receive it, and it like- 

 wise met with atmospheric conditions favour- 



