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first causes of the typhus : already they give 

 the animals rock salt, ferruginous and arsenical 

 preparations, but all this is done without 

 method, and according to each man's will and 

 pleasure. It would, therefore, be necessary to 

 institute regulations, and to see them carried 

 out and practised under the superintendence 

 of public functionaries, armed with sufficient 

 power and authority. 



These measures having been taken, others 

 no less indispensable ought to follow. They 

 should determine for the herds of cattle in- 

 tended for exportation, the ways and channels 

 they must travel by to go to any central part 

 or to any railway station ; and there the 

 inspectors on duty should mark every animal 

 that passes out of the district he is leaving. 

 Heavy penalties should be inflicted on all who 

 might infringe these rules. 



These precautions would contribute in part 

 to arrest the propagation of the complaint; 

 but there is another measure more radical and 

 effectual, which should be taken in order to 

 prevent its extension we mean inoculation, 

 which has met with complete success in some 

 of the governments of Kussia. 

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