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no less in this practice on the cattle than on the human 

 species. Undoubtedly the young, healthy, and strong 

 bid fairer for a good issue than the old, sickly, and feeble j 

 each of these different constitutions demand a particular 

 treatment, even in the method of preparation ; and how- 

 ever trifling it may seem to many the urging a neces- 

 sity of preparation I will venture to affirm that I have 

 seen excellent effects arising from a rational preparation, 

 and fatal events from want of preparation. I have like- 

 wise been witness of unfavourable turns, merely from an 

 injudicious preparation. 



"The beasts which are sanguine require moderate 

 bleeding; those that have but a small share of blood 

 must have none drawn. The strong must, besides 

 moderate bleeding and purging, be kept on light diet 

 and their body kept open. Thus, scalded bran, mixed 

 with their hay and chaff, will cool them. The weakly, 

 and such as are inclined to scour, must be kept on dry 

 fodder, and have peas and beans given them to strengthen 

 them. A mess of malt, or a quart of warm ale, with a 

 few spices, will be very suitable for them. 



" Whatever diseases the cattle be affected with, if time 

 will permit, they are first to be removed. 



" The cattle to be inoculated are first to be well washed, 

 rubbed dry, and then curried, to remove all the filth from 

 the hair and skin. Then they are to be placed in a 

 spacious barn or stable, where the air is temperate and 

 no cold can come to them. There they are to be pre- 

 pared according to the direction already given, foddered 

 with good sweet hay, and watered with clear spring 

 water ; and if the distemper be not near they may be 

 turned out into the air, near the barn or stable, and may 

 stay there a few hours in the middle of the day. 



" When it appears that the cattle are in perfect health, 

 free from any infection or other disease, brisk and 



