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day is true may not be true to-morrow ; let 

 us, therefore, be also on our guard against 

 the too continuous absorption of an atmo- 

 sphere impregnated with these deleterious 

 principles. 



As for herbivorous animals in general, a 

 similar organization must, in their cases, pre- 

 dispose them to receive the contagion. When- 

 ever we visit the markets, we cannot help 

 fearing to see the ox typhus communicated to 

 the sheep and pigs which are stationed around 

 them. It is an unquestionable fact that, in 

 certain epizootias, all animals without distinc- 



was of opinion that the death of the deceased was caused 

 by the absorption of poisonous virus from the dead 

 beast. 



Mr. W. B. Smith, surgeon, gave similar evidence, and 

 added that the tissues of the body were so disintegrated 

 that it would have been utterly impossible to have made 

 a post-mortem examination. 



After half an hour's consultation the jury returned a 

 verdict, " that deceased died from the effects of the 

 absorption of virus or poison into his system upon the 

 occasion of his making a post-mortem examination of a 

 cow which had died from a certain disease called the 

 cattle plague." 



The sad occurrence has caused much sensation in the 

 town, the deceased, who was only 23 years of age, being 

 well known and much respected. 



